PROGRESS

 

HOW MANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN

ABOUT  LIFE

HOW MANY PEOPLE GET TOO

SERIOUS

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL

MAN AND WIFE

HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVE LIFE

FURIOUS

CALL WAITING AND CELLULAR

TELEPHONES

COMPUTERS AND FAX MACHINES

EVERYWHERE

ALWAYS BUSY ALWAYS FAST

NEVER HOME

ARE THE PARENTS OF THE KIDS

WHO DON'T CARE

DON'T HAVE TIME TO FEEL REMORSE

WHAT WAS LOST

EVERYTHING'S MORE EFFICIENT

THAN BEFORE

PLASTIC CARDS ARE EASIER

AT WHAT COST

THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE

THEY IGNORE

WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE BEFORE ALL

THIS PROGRESS

PEOPLE GETTING MORE POWER

MISUSING

WHAT THEY GET ILLEGALLY

MORE OR LESS

MONEY FAME OR WHAT THEY WANT

ANYTHING

WHY ARE PEOPLE DOING THIS

'CAUSE THEY CAN

FRIGHTENED OF TURNING CHAOS

INTO PEACE

SECURITY GREW SOME LEGS

AND THEN RAN

NO ONE IS SAFE ANYMORE

THIS MUST CEASE

 

 

 YOU CAN LOOK BUT YOU CAN'T TOUCH

SKIMPY SHIRTS

DO YOU WANT TO BE WITH ME

ROMANTIC

ROMANCE IS NOT WHAT HE WANTS

HE JUST HURTS

HE WILL FORCE HIMSELF ON YOU

HE IS SICK

WHY BE MARRIED JUST TO GET

A DIVORCE

HAVE SEX WITH SOME KINKY STUFF

CHAINS AND FOAM

THIS NEW MOVIE WILL TEACH US

A FUN COURSE

TV  LETS YOU SEE IT ALL

IN YOUR HOME

YOU ARE PREGNANT NO BIG DEAL

ABORTION

CONSEQUENCES MUST BE FACED

BUT NOT NOW

RICH GET RICHER POOR STAY POOR

NOTHING DONE

O-ZONE LAYER NEEDED BACK

YES BUT HOW

BLOW UP THE EARTH WHEN YOU PUSH

A BUTTON

KILL BY STEALTH AND THEY WON'T KNOW

WHO DID IT

FAST FOOD AND CHOLESTEROL

A GLUTTON

EAT A DIET CANDY BAR

HYPOCRITE

SO MANY PROBLEMS IN LIFE

NO ONE CARES

IT WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE

WE'RE OBSESSED

ISOLATE DON'T GET INVOLVED

DON'T YOU DARE

ALL FOR NONE AND NONE FOR ALL

THAT'S PROGRESS.

                                   

                                    -LAYSON WILLIAMS, 1993

 

 

 

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