THE SOUL OF MODERN MANDie Welt--ein Tor
Zu tausend Wüsten stumm und kalt!*
--Friedrich Nietzsche
(1844-1900)
I saw the gods of modern man,
They advertised them on TV,
At Joe's super savings land--
Buy one and get another free.I saw the love of modern man,
They served it like a piece of meat
At Frank's X-rated movie land--
Two ninety-nine all you can eat.I saw the modern man in hell,
Burned, bombed and maimed at no cost
By happy Freddie who can't tell
A halo from a holocaust._____
*German: “The world--a gate to a thousand wastelands mute and cold!”
December 12, 1993
--Alexander Shaumyan