The Crack-Up

My crack-up came in 1986,

I was working for the Fried Frank law firm,

New York was Hades, the Hudson the Styx,

The coffee was poison, sushi raw worm.


I had a clear polit'cal anal'sis,

Roll back the work system's grinding domain!

Fight lib'ral complic'ty and paral'sis!

Against our jobs' dominion, let's campaign!


So what, I wonder, did I really want,

Reading Ilya Somin has made me think,

I wanted to foot vote, find a new haunt,

Move to Brazil, enjoy a mid-day drink.


Must we leave to realize aspirations,

Can we find new homes in our own nations?









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