victor schwartzman | the best laid plans

The country’s birth rate was dropping. A forward-looking Government, worried about the shrinking population, developed a fertility serum. The Government, eager to create a new society, encouraged people to have more children by offering them the fertility serum for free, providing pregnancy bonuses and renting hotel rooms for qualified couples.
Many took the Government [...]

victor schwartzman | breathing 9/11

Breathing 9/11
On 9/11 I was at work
did not see the planes hit
but sure heard and felt them
my whole world shook
Later I was outside for an early lunch
when the first building collapsed
a white cloud raced towards me
white death dust covered me
The next day the government said
we should all go back to work
we were told the air [...]

victor schwartzman | they made me pay for my bad ways

They made me pay for my bad ways
I was sitting at home, having a smoke
when the authorities, fixing what ain’t broke
barged quite boldly into my house
condemning me as an environmental louse
I was brought up to throw things away
to think of tomorrow not of today
“we have to start somewhere” they said to me
as the tow truck [...]

victor schwartzman | labour pains

Labour pains
I wasn’t looking forward to the meeting
the worker is a pain in the ass
we bend over backwards to help him
all he does is file grievances
three more years to retirement
it’s like leaves falling in autumn
I waste a lot of time raking up
what he leaves on me
I wasn’t looking forward to the meeting
the manager is a [...]

victor schwartzman | saved from the streets

Saved From The Streets
I was headed for juvie
a few break and enters
some stolen cars, one armed robbery
the Army was my best way out
before I ended on the street for good
I enlisted as an Engineer
got a $5000 bonus
the recruiting sergeant was real nice
he said I’d build roads in Iraq
and I’d never have to kill nobody
When I [...]

victor schwartzman | stanley & the mediator & food for thought

Stanley
A sophisticated movie critic named Stanley was so dedicated to his work that he paid a team of surgeons to transplant a video projector into his head so he could both show films to an audience and provide a running critical commentary. When the surgery was complete, he was installed in an elite downtown [...]

victor schwartzman | a slave of property

victor schwartzman | making a statement

victor schwartzman | total rapport

victor schwartzman | with no cuteness…