The Unknown Citizen<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
(To JS\/07 M 378
\nThis Marble Monument
\nIs Erected by the State)
\nHe was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be
\nOne against whom there was no official complaint,
\nAnd all the reports on his conduct agree
\nThat, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint,
\nFor in everything he did he served the Greater Community.
\nExcept for the War till the day he retired
\nHe worked in a factory and never got fired,
\nBut satisfied his employers, Fudge Motors Inc.
\nYet he wasn’t a scab or odd in his views,
\nFor his Union reports that he paid his dues,
\n(Our report on his Union shows it was sound)
\nAnd our Social Psychology workers found
\nThat he was popular with his mates and liked a drink.
\nThe Press are convinced that he bought a paper every day
\nAnd that his reactions to advertisements were normal in every way.
\nPolicies taken out in his name prove that he was fully insured,
\nAnd his Health-card shows he was once in hospital but left it cured.
\nBoth Producers Research and High-Grade Living declare
\nHe was fully sensible to the advantages of the Instalment Plan
\nAnd had everything necessary to the Modern Man,
\nA phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.
\nOur researchers into Public Opinion are content
\nThat he held the proper opinions for the time of year;
\nWhen there was peace, he was for peace: when there was war, he went.
\nHe was married and added five children to the population,
\nWhich our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his generation.
\nAnd our teachers report that he never interfered with their education.
\nWas he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:
\nHad anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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