Ever since observation taught me temptation
Is a matter of timing, I’ve tried
To clothe my fiction in up-to-date diction,
The contemporary jargon of Pride.
+++++++I can recall when, to win the more
++++++++++++++Obstinate round,
+++++++The best bet was to say to them: “Sin the more
++++++++++++++That Grace may abound.”

Since Social Psychology replaced Theology
The process goes twice as quick,
If a conscience is tender and loth to surrender
I have only to whisper: “You’re sick!
+++++++Puritanical morality
++++++++++++++Is madly Non-U:
+++++++Enhance your personality
++++++++++++++With a Romance, with two.

“If you pass up a dame, you’ve yourself to blame,
For shame is neurotic, so snatch!
All rules are too formal, in fact they’re abnormal,
For any desire is natch.
+++++++So take your proper share, man, of
++++++++++++++Dope and drink:
+++++++Aren’t you the Chairman of
++++++++++++++Ego, Inc.?

“Free-Will is a mystical myth as statistical
Methods have objectively shown,
A fad of the Churches: since the latest researches
Into Motivation it’s known
+++++++That Honor is hypocrisy,
++++++++++++++Honesty a joke.
+++++++You live in a Democracy:
++++++++++++++Lie like other folk.

“Since men are like goods, what are shouldn’ts or shoulds
When you are the Leading Brand?
Let them all drop dead, you’re way ahead,
Beat them up if they dare to demand
+++++++What may your intention be,
++++++++++++++Or what might ensue:
+++++++There’s a difference of dimension be-
++++++++++++++

-tween the rest and you.

“If in the scrimmage of business your image
Should ever tarnish or stale,
Public Relations can take it and make it
Shine like a Knight of the Grail.
+++++++You can mark up the price that you sell at, if
++++++++++++++Your package has glamour and show:
+++++++Values are relative.
++++++++++++++Dough is dough.

“So let each while you may think you’re more O.K.,
More yourself than anyone else,
Till you find that you’re hooked, your goose is cooked,
And you’re only a cipher of Hell’s.
+++++++Believe while you can that I’m proud of you,
++++++++++++++Enjoy your dream:
+++++++I’m so bored with the whole fucking crowd of you
+++++++

+++++++I could scream!”