SKANK ALERT

Chorus:
“Skank alert!   Skank alert!”
We hear the red runner calling,
“Skank alert!   Skank alert!”
Now democracy is falling.

Verse One:
“If your son is way too smart
“We’ve got the problem solved online,
“We’ll hook him up to electrodes
“They will help to fix his mind;
“He’ll never again defame girls
“Or say the evil “S” word,
“’Cause when the current’s flowing
“The electrodes truly hurt.”

Verse Two:
“We’ll fry his brains if necessary
“To bring him into line,
“He’ll never again buck the system
“’Cause he’ll no longer have a mind;
“So inform on your own son now
“It’s only for his own good,
“You don’t want him to speak his mind
“The way only rebels would.”

Verse Three:
“Yes an educated cabbage is
“What your son will soon become,
“No longer bucking the system
“Because democracy’s truly done;
“So bring him in for programming
“Just like any other laptop,
“Then we’ll get the electrodes on
“And free-thinking soon will stop.”

Verse Four:
“We’ll wire him up to bring him down
“To make him learn the rules,
“If the brainwashing isn’t working
“That we use on him in school;
“He’ll have to have an extra dose
“To force him to conform,
“We cannot let free-thinkers
“Continue to buck the norm.”

Verse Five:
“We’ll fry his brains like potatoes
“Until we can control his mind,
“No more will he call girls skanks
“He will have learnt to toe the line;
“No longer will he excel at school
“He’ll now get D’s instead of A’s,
“For to make him fit into the norm
“We had to fry his brain away.”

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia