MARLBORO COUNTRY, 1975: On Mechandising Machoism & Murder Welcome to where the flavor is – The flavor of fresh, menthol Viet Cong and premium Virginia tobacco blended with flaming napalm. Breathe deeply and enjoy the fragrance ah polyester body bags 'n villages blasted off any map. Taste the excitement of Marlboro Country – a place where new things happen fast. If you're a man who enjoys excitement with a hunger dying ta be satisfied join the army and shoot away – we offer you a blast day after fuckin' day! Bored with life? Take a puff! Smoke this crap 'n soon enuff you'll be tooting 'yankee doodle' while yer machine gun chants 'tut-tut-tut!' Terri: What disturbs me most about this poem is its level of uncaring. Kris: Satire is an insulation from pain. Sam: To be smile at death itself – is that not heroic? Tim: Yes, but at times I wonder if the author doesn't secretly admire what he's criticizing. ================================================================================= from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: Some thoughts about Viet Nam War rhetoric, nihilism, and hyper-hormoned violence KEYWORDS: subvertising, anti-war poetry, Marlboro mentality, American aggression Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1985 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2019 in Kawasaki, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/yank.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/AmeriSong/ny.htm