When Disney stole our childhood
and turned it into a fantasy of rescue
and reliance, all costumed in petticoats
and dancing to the key of gee whiz,
we did not march. We sang along
and cheered the prince whose prize
was won at the point of a sword,
with the touch of the lips.
We laughed and aahed as race was reduced
to white and other, the brave blond
warrior and the dark sorcerer,
foreign witch, foolish savage.
Children murdered pirates, pirates
murdered natives, brother turned on
brother as a singing fish or dancing bear
played counterpoint to the blood.
Watch cartoons build empires
on stereotype, in technicolor
and send them your sweat in dollars
so they may raise another castle
just don't download it,
pirate.
and turned it into a fantasy of rescue
and reliance, all costumed in petticoats
and dancing to the key of gee whiz,
we did not march. We sang along
and cheered the prince whose prize
was won at the point of a sword,
with the touch of the lips.
We laughed and aahed as race was reduced
to white and other, the brave blond
warrior and the dark sorcerer,
foreign witch, foolish savage.
Children murdered pirates, pirates
murdered natives, brother turned on
brother as a singing fish or dancing bear
played counterpoint to the blood.
Watch cartoons build empires
on stereotype, in technicolor
and send them your sweat in dollars
so they may raise another castle
just don't download it,
pirate.
It could be worse