Capitol Air
Allegro
I don't like the government where I live
I don't like the dictatorship of the Rich
I don't like bureaucrats telling me what to eat
I don't like Police dogs sniffing round my feet
Tyranny in Turkey or Korea Nineteen Eighty
I don't like Right Wing Death Squad Democracy
Police State Iran Nicaragua yesterday
Laissez-faire please Government keep your secret police offa me
I don't like Nationalist Supremacy White or Black
I don't like Narcs & Mafia marketing Smack
The General bullying Congress in his tweed vest
The President building up his Armies in the East and West
Aware Aware wherever you are No Fear
Trust your heart Don't ride your Paranoia dear
Breathe together with an ordinary mind
Armed with Humor Feed & Help Enlighten Woe Mankind
Frankfurt - New York, December 15, 1980
c Copyright Allen Ginsberg
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Wylie Agency
Originally published in Plutonian Ode (1977-1980)
Also Selected Poems 1947 - 1995 (Page 330 for the complete poem)
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