Ismael Reed poem: "A Family Values Man"

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A Leftover Lefty Sort Of Man

by Isaac Sacrifice

I want to be a Leftover 
Lefty Sort Of Man 
frequent all the peace rallies and 
revolutionary books stores that I can 
Lecture the working class about 
their complacency
While I bang some little Dead Head girl
over at the Trotskyite agency
I want to be a Leftover 
Lefty sort of Man

I want to be a Left Wing 
Limousine Liberal sort of Man  
preach legalization and fornication
to the Man
But you'd find me drinking coffee 
at the church
preaching 12 steps to the boys in the band
I want to be a Left Wing 
Leftover Lefty sort of Man 

I want to be a Left Wing 
Leftover Lefty sort of Man
Insist that bankers and brokers 
get the chair
While I take what is mine
And what is fair
And I tell some young punk to cut his hair
to get a job
while I hire some poor working class slob
to cut my grass
to kiss my ass
to wash my balls
I want to be a Left Wing 
Leftover Lefty sort of Man 

I want to be a Left Wing 
Leftover Lefty sort of Man 
You'd see me at the protest marches
with my old lady and my hound and my sign 
But when at home I like to play the stocks
I got me a  Mexican housemaid 
a Jacuzzi 
An all digital thingamajig that really Rocks
I wannabe a Leftover Left Wing
Lefty Sort of Man 

I want to be a Left Wing 
Leftover Lefty sort of Man 
I want to hang fascist signs on my friends
I want to betray the revolution for a cunt
I want to be in your face
In your Big Sister's pants
I want to give peace a fucking chance
I wanna be
I wanna be
I wanna be
I wanna be Bob Dylan
And I want Ishmael Reed recite a poem at my daughter's 9th birthday
party and I want, I want 
.I want to be, to be, to be or not, to be a
working class hero is something to be 

. but I want to be a Leftover
Lefty and Sort of a Man. 




pynchonoid wrote:
> 
> <http://www.counterpunch.org/reed05052003.html>
> 
> A Family Values Man
> 
> by ISHMAEL REED
> 
> I want to be a right wing
> family values type of man
> frequent all the porno and
> smut shops that I can
> Lecture the ghettos about
> their promiscuity
> While giving some hot babe
> some hootchie coochie
> I want to be a right wing
> family values type of man
> 
> I want to be a right wing
> family values type of man
> preach that the drug laws
> shouldn't bend
> But you'd find me in Georgetown
> Snorting coke
> Any weekend
> I want to be a right wing
> family values type of man
> 
> I want to be a right wing
> family values type of man
> Insist that low street crimes
> be brought to the docket
> While easing a little soft money
> Into my expensive suit pocket
> I want to be a right wing
> family values type of man
> 
> I want to be a right wing
> family values type of man
> You'd see me in campaign ads
> with my wife dog and child
> But when partying with the
> boys, I'd get a little wild
> Have strippers and drag
> queens coming out the ears
> after doing more than a half-
> dozen beers,
> But tomorrow I'm in Congress
> raising moral sand
> Because I'd be a right wing
> family values type of man
> 
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