Here you will find thePoemThe Suburban Classesof poet Stevie Smith
There is far too much of the suburban classes Spiritually not geographically speaking. They?re asses. Menacing the greatness of our beloved England, they lie Propagating their kind in an eightroomed stye. Now I have a plan which I will enfold (There?s this to be said for them, they do as they?re told) Then tell them their country?s in mortal peril They believed it before and again will not cavil Put it in caption form firm and slick If they see it in print it is bound to stick: `Your King and your Country need you Dead? You see the idea? Well, let it spread. Have a suitable drug under string and label Free for every Registered Reader?s table. For the rest of the gang who are not patriotic I?ve another appeal they?ll discover hypnotic: Tell them it?s smart to be dead and won?t hurt And they?ll gobble up drug as they gobble up dirt.
