Thursday 20 November 2014

The people by L.TH. Lehmann

The People

The people
irrespective of sex,
country, colour or class,
don't want to sing,
but imitate farting
with the mouth.
The people don't want amusement,
they have excrement.
The people don't want a sexual revolution,
but make someone out to be a whore.
The people don't want to see
their children happy,
they prefer to break their bones (why wouldn't they?).
The people don't want justice,
they want to cause injustice.
The people don't want freedom,
they want to keep slaves.
The people don't want peace,
they want to torture strangers.
The people don't want happiness,
but violence.


(Original title: 'Het Volk' - from: 'Gedichten 1939-1998', 2000 - Uitgeverij De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam)

L. Th. Lehmann [1920-2012]

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