Name Us a King

Name us a king

Who shall live forever—

a peanut king, a potato king,

a gasket king, a brass-tack king,

a wall-paper king with a wall-paper crown

and a wall-paper queen with wall-paper jewels.

Name us a king

so keen, so fast, so hard,

he shall last forever—

and all the yes-men square shooters

telling the king, "Okay Boss, you shall

last forever! and then some!"

telling it to an onion king, a pecan king,

a zipper king or a chewing gum king,

any consolidated amalgamated syndicate king—

listening to the yes-men telling him

he shall live forever, he is so keen,

so fast, so hard,

an okay Boss who shall never bite the dust,

never go down and be a sandwich for the worms

like us—the customers,

like us—the customers.