Ivan had cut his line
crashed his wall
taken hand-out from the enemy
Ivan was finding god
community without property
smirnoff without excess
sex without abortion
Ivan was buying in
then...
A ukranian came to seattle
he got a job by his uncle
..the next would be his own
got a girl that spoke half english
got a dog that was half wolf
everything in halves ..
Ivan was half way to building a new home
and he prided in this
he had not sold out
he had bought in
Ivan went to circuit city to buy a t.v.
he wanted one of them big American black
feed tubes
he wanted the world in a living room
"got a phone number?"
oh yes..oh yes
"got a an address?"
oh yes..oh yes
As ivan started to glow...salivating just a little
the circuit city many wanted to see his paper
SHOW ME YOUR LICENSE
NOW YOUR BIRTHDAY
NOW YOUR SOCIAL
NOW YOUR BLOOD TYPE
NOW YOUR SEXUALITY
NOW YOUR IDEALOGY
NOW YOUR PEDEGREE
SHOW ME SHOW ME SHOW ME SHOW ME SHOW MEMEEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME
.
I stood in the line, next
and watched Ivan suffer.
"I just want to buy a t.v." he said
then brought out cash.
The ageless blob of register wouldn't take it though
he had rules
he had sense
and the commy traitor man of hope
left
one t.v. short
one lesson not forgotten.
.
So
dear lords of retail
Safeway, Radio shack.. Circuit city...
pitch me a meal-
flip me a battery--
torture me radio
..I need the spoon feeding of inputs
need the unregistered freedom
the barter without barriers
a simple sale
take my money now
no, I wont give you my name.
.
.
ANON 2001
