House of Paine

harmony or struggle

after 30 years of neo lib ass kicking


do the toilers and workers 
of latin america 
         need a stake in the process   
             or an axe 
                       in their hands ????


enter chile's new president .....



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 south of the border
   two paths diverge up ahead

        
 one path points towards 
 
          klass harmony

        the other
  
             klass struggle

   
 of course over a beer
         or under a blanket 
  good intentions 
         count for something special 

 at the one on one level

    lets  not just remain civil
                      lets be human

   (remember  the crisscross of martov and lenin) 

but  when it gets up to 
                    klass on klass ......

 kids
its always
      cats vs squirrels  

 despite the warm tear 
  in the harmonists  saintly eye
 if you and yours
  are part of the universal wage slub-ery 
 forget about 
   all those sweet  heart felt cries:

       " follow me  brothers and sisters
        I'll  find u all
         a dignified  place
             in the  national choir"


                thats  silver horse feathers 
                                
   
 "the  all for one
                one for all"

      has  got to stop
                 at the klass line 
                               in a  cloven society 

        despite good feelings 
         long suffering
                   and personal
                           sacrifice 
 
 there's always 
a  cut and a slash
           waiting 
         at the  edge where  
                   klass  is forced to meet klass head on ....

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   so no matter what   songs are sung 
                     in the middle passage 
          by  the end 
                 they all 
                  disolve into 
                       the  pack howls
                                     of
                                  klass struggle 

                                  where
                                    there are
                              no parts left
                                    for harmonizers