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The Boys in the Backroom
Go see
what the boys in the backroom
are doing.
It may not be what you want.
I'm confused, I'm dazed
by all the action.
Why are we doing what we are doing?
There is no kalipolis.
There is no political animal.
The values are off to the side.
Morality is separated off, divided.
It's as abstract as it wants to be.
So, serious students and scholars are still attracted.
It's worse than morality being ignored.
The boys in the backroom are acting
with no restraint.
Still, some follow conventional norms.
What is out of hand builds on itself,
feeds on itself. It grows.
Right and wrong is limited now to
textbook answers--mainly.
The life you save may be your own.
Because you stopped caring about others.
Watch your values drifting past you,
where they can do no good.
We have no courage to take hold
of the boys in the backroom.
They are everywhere.
Love and life are ruined.
what the boys in the backroom
are doing.
It may not be what you want.
I'm confused, I'm dazed
by all the action.
Why are we doing what we are doing?
There is no kalipolis.
There is no political animal.
The values are off to the side.
Morality is separated off, divided.
It's as abstract as it wants to be.
So, serious students and scholars are still attracted.
It's worse than morality being ignored.
The boys in the backroom are acting
with no restraint.
Still, some follow conventional norms.
What is out of hand builds on itself,
feeds on itself. It grows.
Right and wrong is limited now to
textbook answers--mainly.
The life you save may be your own.
Because you stopped caring about others.
Watch your values drifting past you,
where they can do no good.
We have no courage to take hold
of the boys in the backroom.
They are everywhere.
Love and life are ruined.
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The Boys in the Backroom
The Boys in the Backroom
