REMEMBER WHEN
REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG YOU SHONE LIKE THE SUN
I once worked with an elective mute
All of his art involved pieces of machines trucks and tubes
He had been psychotic and his art revealed the robot self
He was 19 and a deep rumble lived where his voice might
have been But it was unlikely that he would ever speak again
Welcome to the Machine this place where a boy had once been
Mother should I run for President?
Mother should I trust the Government?
Mother will they put me in the firing line?
Oooh aah it’s just a waste of time –
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*inspired by Diego Rivera Detroit & Industry 1932-33 A.G.O.
& Pink Floyd
Fall 2012
songanddancegirl 