The whole idea of it Is a horror A totally ungraspable horror And so when the thief Steals the hub caps From my car I turn my total attention To this horrendous Injustice Demanding first the rack Before the death penalty And make this the major crime Of the Universe Even though I just came from a father Sitting shiver For his son Killed in the war.
Irwin R. Shaw - June 15th 1982
The whole idea of it
Is a horror
A totally ungraspable horror
And so when the thief
Steals the hub caps
From my car
I turn my total attention
To this horrendous
Injustice
Demanding first the rack
Before the death penalty
And make this the major crime
Of the Universe
Even though
I just came from a father
Sitting shiver
For his son
Killed in the war.