04-28-2021, 12:01 PM
1974: An unFairy Tale
The SLA spun straw from guns.
Patty Hearst knew from the first
Field Marshall Cinque was not Rumpelstiltskin.
The seven headed cobra of revolution
made a rich man dance to their lunatic piper’s tune
transformed a Princess into Tanya, superstar guerrilla
whose voice was like a poisoned sonata
as she recited her distant confessions.
This was no game: the SLA
staged their own auto-da-fe on national TV,
sparing Tanya for her sudden awakening.
Moral:
The Fascist Insect still rules.
The Princess is now a housewife.
The SLA spun straw from guns.
Patty Hearst knew from the first
Field Marshall Cinque was not Rumpelstiltskin.
The seven headed cobra of revolution
made a rich man dance to their lunatic piper’s tune
transformed a Princess into Tanya, superstar guerrilla
whose voice was like a poisoned sonata
as she recited her distant confessions.
This was no game: the SLA
staged their own auto-da-fe on national TV,
sparing Tanya for her sudden awakening.
Moral:
The Fascist Insect still rules.
The Princess is now a housewife.