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John Kinsella

Penillion for Pussy Riot

PENILLION VOOR PUSSY RIOT

Schijnvaders maaien
Trots weg, graaien
Zakken vol geld
Vragen snel-snel

Aan dode zielen
Alles te betalen
Weg met vrijheid!
‘Veiligheid’

Is slavernij
Van ’t koninkrijk
Op aarde: dikke
Knuppels wrikken

Penetratie
Tot heil van de natie
Van God de Vader
Om Moeder te sarren.

Schud, ratel, rol.
Kus heilig symbool:
Zo stoot verering
Als een bezwering

De zelfverklaarde
God van zijn troon,
Meester icoon
En zijn dienaren.

Penillion for Pussy Riot

Faux fathers take
Pride away, rake
In the money
Quick fast and pray

Dead souls to make
The count, forsake
Their liberty.
‘Security’

Is the serfdom
Of the kingdom
On earth: weapons-
Grade big truncheon

Penetration
To boost nation
Of God Father
To spite Mother.

Shake, rattle, roll.
Kiss sacred scroll
As if worship
Is the fillip

To topple self-
Styled god Himself,
Master icon
And his henchmen.
Close

Penillion for Pussy Riot

Faux fathers take
Pride away, rake
In the money
Quick fast and pray

Dead souls to make
The count, forsake
Their liberty.
‘Security’

Is the serfdom
Of the kingdom
On earth: weapons-
Grade big truncheon

Penetration
To boost nation
Of God Father
To spite Mother.

Shake, rattle, roll.
Kiss sacred scroll
As if worship
Is the fillip

To topple self-
Styled god Himself,
Master icon
And his henchmen.

Penillion for Pussy Riot

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