LATTE WITH A DASH OF CREAM

bar code scanners and table manners
art school trendoids and Northbridge drunkards
is there no escaping this nightmare
it's like an asylum drugged funfair

trade in your days off for pints of beer
stay in the same shit job out of fear
when you knock off it's time for soma
spend all your spare time in a coma

we are all afforded our affluence at the expense of the other
we sit in trendy cafes sipping latte while our sisters suffer
we are all guaranteed our survival at the expense of our brothers
we sit on comfy couches watching tv while their children suffer

leftist banners and Marxist pamphlets
bombs are falling down in the desert
is there no defeating the US
one nation consuming to excess

no-one likes the price of oil these days
but it's the price for war we all must pay
talk that talk but never look within
drive your car all the way to the gym

we are all afforded our affluence at the expense of the other
we sit in trendy cafes sipping latte while our sisters suffer
we are all guaranteed our survival at the expense of our brothers
we sit on comfy couches watching tv while their children suffer

are you afraid of dying in a plane crash?
are you afraid of dying in a car crash?
are you afraid of another stock market crash?
are you afraid of dying from boredom?

are you afraid of dying in a plane crash?
are you afraid of dying in a car crash?
are you afraid of another stock market crash?
are you afraid of dying from boredom?

we are all afforded our affluence at the expense of the other
we sit in trendy cafes sipping latte while our sisters suffer
we are all guaranteed our survival at the expense of our brothers
we sit on comfy couches watching tv while their children suffer

by Stephanie Chen

29/10/08