Poem by Martha Quillen
Education – March 1997 – Colorado Central Magazine
I used to read the papers,
I used to watch TV,
But there’s a lot of things now
That I just don’t want to see.
Men who wear silk lingerie
And women who give in
To sodomy, degeneracy
And incest with their kin.
And, oh, how I wish I could go back
To believin’ it ain’t so,
‘Cuz I think that things were better
When I just didn’t know.
Tell me something Oprah,
Geraldo and Phil,
How do you think it helps us
To take in all this swill?
‘Cuz I think that things were better,
When I just didn’t know.
Yes, I think that things were better,
When I believed it wasn’t so.
They act like I should give a damn
Like I should understand,
Women who’d rather sleep with a trio
Than just one lonely man,
Men who want to make love
In front of other men,
But I would have liked them better
If I just didn’t know.
Yes, I surely liked them better
Before I knew that it was so.
Tell me something, Oprah
Tell me it ain’t so
Tell me it’s just made up
For your television show,
‘Cuz I think I liked things better,
Yes, I know that things were better
Before I knew that it was so.
