*This refers to the Edmond Post Office Shooting
on August 20th, 1986, 14 dead, 6 injured
This incident inspired the phrase “going postal”
Massacre in Oklahoma-The Poem
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This time there will not be
biz ness as us u-al
busy ness as u sua al
bust ass as one is used to
being used
no more
go in to your re gu lar job
your dreg u lar job
just part of the stag na ting mob
now say
ne mas
no more
now say
ne mas
no more
no more massacres in Oke la homeeeeee uh
no more murderings on Osage A veh nue
no more Charlie Man’s Son, yes he was
no more Jack The ripper
Will’s Son The Arsonist
no more Ray Gun The Economic Genocidist
No more:
end of part one
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Massacre in Oklahoma-part 2
2) This time
noone said how nice he was
how regular a guy he was
how happy he was, drudging in the U. S. Post Office
the same lies can be told only so often
This time
noone Lied
This time
noone was surprised
This time
when twelve people died
he had died already
he just
wanted company
end of part two
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Massacre in Oklahoma-part 3
3) They knew
the son of a bitch was crazy
hey, you don’t have to see a man’s dreams
to see he sees the crack in the universe
to see he sees screams
on Post Office bodies
heads in Post office bags
we all know
no one gives head
by parcel post
end of part 3
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Massacre in Oklahoma-page 4
4) Company
The company
The corp o ra tion
The corpses, are rationed out
by the United ,States of-
Ms. Liberty
missed liberty
Vote for –Pat Robertson
Eat at Roy Rogers
go to 7- 11
for your
big gulp and slurrrrr peeeeee
and kill thy neighbour
as thy would
thy self
8/22/86-from 8/21/86-originally written for a gig at St. Mary’s
to turn into a Popular Neurotics Piece
but it wasn’t popular with the other Neurotics.
When I read it, I would always read end of part one, etc