Tuli Kupferberg
PAINT IT RED (& BLACK)
Tune: 'Paint It Black' (Rolling Stones) with spoken extensions
NOTE: Red & Black are the Anarchist colors
I see the White House & I want to paint it Red Rabbi Jesus whispers to me: 'Besser Red zan Dead.' I see the Kremlin & I'm gonna paint it black Clinton's toasting Yeltsin: 'Zdrovye Bourgeois Hack!' I spoke to Tolstoy: 'Emma Goldman's coming back!' He sat there writing on a shard of red & black Black & Red. Coming back! Red & Black. They're comin' back! The homeless Alien morphs to Newt's Sonovabitch The Species (social) Being's served up: dessert for the rich The Lions of Reason strobe the deep grave of yr dream The Lamb of Love hides in the Caves of Academe I hear the students as they wonder what comes next They're forced to take the test but do not have the text They wander thru the World Wide Internet They still believe they'll find the Finland Station yet! (in St. Petersberg where Lenin entered Russia in 1917) I heard Mohr (Marx) & General (Engels) laughing in their Hell They said Bakunyin had a funny tale to tell 'Anarcho Pacifist Bolshelvism never had its chance!' Perhaps we could invite St. Francis to the dance? And hey St Paul & Jacob Frank! (18th Cent PolJewCath pansexual Messiah) YOWZAH! I see the White House & I want to paint it Red Willy Reich is shouting at me: 'Better Bed than Dead!' Now Billy's roasting Yelstin: 'So long Bourgeois Flack!' I spy the Kremlin Hey we're gonna take it back! RED & BLACK GET IT BACK RED & BLACK WE'RE COMING BACK RED & BLACK RED & BLACK RED & BLACKBack to Tuli interview
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