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Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 16 de octubre de 1995.
De: http://www.allenginsberg.org/~~V
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The Ballad of the eskeletons
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Said the Presidential Skeleton
I won't sign the bill
Said the Speaker skeleton
Yes you will
Said the Representative Skeleton
I object
Said the Supreme Court skeleton
Whaddya expect
Said the Miltary skeleton
Buy Star Bombs
Said the Upperclass Skeleton
Starve unmarried moms
Said the Yahoo Skeleton
Stop dirty art
Said the Right Wing skeleton
Forget about yr heart
Said the Gnostic Skeleton
The Human Form's divine
Said the Moral Majority skeleton
No it's not it's mine
Said the Buddha Skeleton
Compassion is wealth
Said the Corporate skeleton
It's bad for your health
Said the Old Christ skeleton
Care for the Poor
Said the Son of God skeleton
AIDS needs cure
Said the Homophobe skeleton
Gay folk suck
Said the Heritage Policy skeleton
Blacks're outa luck
Said the Macho skeleton
Women in their place
Said the Fundamentalist skeleton
Increase human race
Said the Right-to-Life skeleton
Foetus has a soul
Said Pro Choice skeleton
Shove it up your hole
Said the Downsized skeleton
Robots got my job
Said the Tough-on-Crime skeleton
Tear gas the mob
Said the Governor skeleton
Cut school lunch
Said the Mayor skeleton
Eat the budget crunch
Said the Neo Conservative skeleton
Homeless off the street!
Said the Free Market skeleton
Use 'em up for meat
Said the Think Tank skeleton
Free Market's the way
Said the Saving & Loan skeleton
Make the State pay
Said the Chrysler skeleton
Pay for you & me
Said the Nuke Power skeleton
& me & me & me
Said the Ecologic skeleton
Keep Skies blue
Said the Multinational skeleton
What's it worth to you?
Said the NAFTA skeleton
Get rich, Free Trade,
Said the Maquiladora skeleton
Sweat shops, low paid
Said the rich GATT skeleton
One world, high tech
Said the Underclass skeleton
Get it in the neck
Said the World Bank skeleton
Cut down your trees
Said the I.M.F. skeleton
Buy American cheese
Said the Underdeveloped skeleton
We want rice
Said Developed Nations' skeleton
Sell your bones for dice
Said the Ayatollah skeleton
Die writer die
Said Joe Stalin's skeleton
That's no lie
Said the Middle Kingdom skeleton
We swallowed Tibet
Said the Dalai Lama skeleton
Indigestion's whatcha get
Said the World Chorus skeleton
That's their fate
Said the U.S.A. skeleton
Gotta save Kuwait
Said the Petrochemical skeleton
Roar Bombers roar!
Said the Psychedelic skeleton
Smoke a dinosaur
Said Nancy's skeleton
Just say No
Said the Rasta skeleton
Blow Nancy Blow
Said Demagogue skeleton
Don't smoke Pot
Said Alcoholic skeleton
Let your liver rot
Said the Junkie skeleton
Can't we get a fix?
Said the Big Brother skeleton
Jail the dirty pricks
Said the Mirror skeleton
Hey good looking
Said the Electric Chair skeleton
Hey what's cooking?
Said the Talkshow skeleton
Fuck you in the face
Said the Family Values skeleton
My family values mace
Said the NY Times skeleton
That's not fit to print
Said the CIA skeleton
Cantcha take a hint?
Said the Network skeleton
Believe my lies
Said the Advertising skeleton
Don't get wise!
Said the Media skeleton
Believe you me
Said the Couch-potato skeleton
What me worry?
Said the TV skeleton
Eat sound bites
Said the Newscast skeleton
That's all Goodnight
- Allen Ginsberg, 1995
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La balada de los esqueletos
(traducción de "empantallado")
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dijo el esqueleto presidencial, "¡no firmaré ningún
proyecto!"
dice el esqueleto orador, "¡si, lo harás!"
dijo el esqueleto del representante, "me opongo"
dijo el esqueleto del tribunal supremo "¿qué
esperabas?"
dijo el viejo esqueleto de Cristo, "cuidad de los
pobres"
dijo el esqueleto del hijo de Dios, "el SIDA necesita
cura"
dijo el esqueleto homofóbo , "la gente gay apesta"
dijo el esqueleto de la política de patrimonio, "los
negros no tienen suerte"
dijo el esqueleto machista, "las mujeres, en su
lugar"
dijo el esqueleto fundamentalista, "aumentemos la raza
humana"
dijo el esqueleto de Nancy "¡decid no!"
dijo el esqueleto rasta "¡chupa nancy chupa!"
dijo el esqueleto demagogo, "no fumen porros"
dijo el esqueleto alcohólico "deje que su hígado se
pudra"
dijo el esqueleto junky, "¿no hay solución?"
dijo el esqueleto del Gran Hermano, "¡encarcelad el
sucio aguijón!"
dijo el esqueleto del espejo, "oye bonita"
dice el esqueleto de la silla eléctrica, "hey, ¿qué se
está cocinando?"
dice el esqueleto del debate, "jodete"
dijo el esqueleto de los valores familiares, "mi
familia tiene valor"
dijo el esqueleto del Nueva York Times, "eso no es apto
para imprimir"
dijo el esqueleto de la CIA, "¿nos dan una pista?"
dijo el esqueleto de la red, "creed en mis ojos"
dijo el esqueleto de la publicidad "no sean
sabios"
dijo el esqueleto de los medios de comunicación
"creeme"
dijo el esqueleto del sofá de papa esqueleto, "¿qué me
preocupa?"
dijo que el esqueleto de tv, "eliminar sonidos
duele"
dijo el esqueleto del noticiero "eso es todo, buenas
noches"