Lawrence
Hall, HSG
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
But Mom, All the Cool
Kids are into Genocide!
“Students! Be the Fuhrer’s Propagandists!”
Nazi
poster ca. 1933, per Library of Congress: [Studenten
seid Propagandisten des Führers Hoch-u. Fachschulen bekennen sich am 29. März
zur Deutschen Freiheitsbewegung / (loc.gov)]
All the cool kids are into genocide
Slogans and posters and bullhorns and cries
Abandoning their studies to march outside
And scream the same 2,000-year-old lies
The InterGossip commands, and they obey
Blocking the streets and clenching each fist
Waving misspelt signs and yelling all day
Never pausing to ask if there’s something they’ve missed
Am I a hollow echo for some sycophant’s squall?
Will I fail to think for myself at all?
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