Pity the Nation, by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Pity The Nation
Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
And whose bigots haunt the airwaves
Pity the nation that raises not its voice
Except to praise conquerers
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture
Pity the nation that knows
No other language but its own
And no other culture but its own
Pity the nation whose breath is money
And sleeps the sleep of the too well fed
Pity the nation oh pity the people
who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away
My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of liberty!
Rebel Poet In America; Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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That is powerful Judit, if
That is powerful Judit, if only more would listen.
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Spot on.. Thank You
Spot on.. Thank You
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So cool.
So cool.
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Good Shit!
Good Shit!
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Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools
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On a Blue Sea
On a Blue Sea
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That's great. Phil should
That's great.
Phil should have Lawrence come out to TXR and do that as a rap during some jam, like the Kesey Dark Star rap after Bill Graham died.
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Written in 2007
Written in 2007
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Nice. I heart LF.
Nice. I heart LF.
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If the country is going to
If the country is going to shit there are similarities in a truck stop bathroom wall grafity.
Read amongst other grafity.
Pity the man whose poetic ability is aroused by the smell of shit.
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Great poem.
Great poem.
I like that idea Herbal D.
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about sums it up.
about sums it up.
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Thanks Judit, love it... I
Thanks Judit, love it... I reposted that one to FB!
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Had the absolute pleasure of
Had the absolute pleasure of listening to and meeting Lawrence Ferlinghetti about 17 years ago.
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Thank you, Judit.
Thank you, Judit.