Hello,
Just thought I'd share this after re-reading S.I. Hayakawa, "Language in
Thought and Action". Read Hayakawa while reading Mass Communication in 1978
and wrote this in 1979 while in Montserrat when Skylab fell from the sky.
(Anybody into the '70s?)
Mark:
New World Trippin'
When Christopher Columbus
lan pon de moon
an plant de American Union Jack
im neva find no Arawak.
'Im sailing up to go down
an den find dat machine must touch groun'
must come down.
Beep! Beep!
Radio wave
SPLASH
Anada astronaut reach de grave
from anada one a Babylon plan
Bable! Fable!
Man unable to find god in de sky
Can't tell I de same lie.
Neil arm strong, mighty man
Nimrod great
But who goin plant de sugar cane?
Martians goin feel de pain
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54321:
dis looney expedition
blast off wit Kremlin royal patent
Tranquil destination,
Skylab Santa Maria lan'
"A great step..."
But man nuh kind.
Dese Martians neva before seen
call dem green
an' rape angels to seed cane
So rise up St Marcus
to see de verdant face of god
'pon a £sd trip
watch dollar an cent slip
an' madness gaining currency
While pickney belly emplty
An' not a soul raisin'cane.
(Copyright © Mark Lee)
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