1890…
When men were men,
When homes were slums,
Blackened brick dwellings
No back doors or windows
The mud black with coal dust
Chapel, ripper and cholera
2090…
When the car is a museum piece,
A miniature for your mantelpiece.
No Shed 7 or Chris Evans hectoring
Yes, it’s
The new 90s:
Dream cargoes,
Reminiscing scarecrows;
When pole-dancing is not
“Empowering”
Do real men cry?
Do they send their brothers to die?
Poetry can save us,
Techno will embrace us
Do real men cry?
Do they send their brothers to die?
Poetry can save us,
Techno will exclaim us
credits
from Summer Sabbatical EP,
released September 6, 2010
Tom May (vocals, Roland Juno-D synthesizer, stylophone, field recordings - High Force, Co. Durham)
Slavoj Zizek (sampled voice)