POLITICALLY CORRECT

I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE GUY WHO COINED THE PHRASE "POLITICALLY CORRECT"

I'D KICK HIS ASS AND BUST HIS NOSE, HE WOULD KNOW THAT HE'D BEEN DECKED

IT APPEARS THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW THE CORRECT WORDS THAT WE CAN USE

WHEN TALKING TO THE WORLD TODAY WITH THE WORDS WE USUALLY CHOOSE

WHEN I WAS IN THE ARMY, A FRIEND OF MINE WAS A "COLORED MAN"

UNTIL THEY TOLD ME I WAS WRONG, HE WAS AN "AFRICAN AMERICAN"

I USED TO LIVE DOWN THE STREET FROM A RETARDED KID WHO LIKED ME VERY MUCH

WHEN I CALLED HIM "MENTALLY DISADVANTAGED, HE CALLED ME A "SUCH AND SUCH"

I REMEMBER WHEN, AS A KID OF SIX, WALKING DOWN THE STREET

I MET THIS GUY, A CRIPPLED GUY WITH BLOCKS OF WOOD FOR FEET

WHEN HE SHUFFLED ALONG THE SIDEWALK HIS FEET WENT CLICKETY CLACK

HE WALKED ON BY, HEAD HELD HIGH, WINKED AT ME AND NEVER LOOKED BACK

I THOUGHT I KNEW WHICH WORDS WERE "RIGHT" AND REALLY SHOULD APPLY

"PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED"? HANDICAPPED STILL BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE

IF WORDS LIKE BUM OR TRAMP AND HOBO ARE WRONG, AND ROMANTICIZE THE PAST,

CAN A HOMELESS PERSON" EVER BEGIN TO SAY "FREE AT LAST FREE AT LAST"?

MAYBE SOME DAY SOON, NOT LONG FROM NOW, SOME CHANGES WILL OCCUR

TO CHANGE THIS PERIOD OF ELITISM INTO A FORGOTTEN, FUZZY BLUR

I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE GUY WHO COINED THE PHRASE "POLITICALLY CORRECT"

I'D KICK HIS ASS AND BUST HIS NOSE, HE WOULD KNOW THAT HE'D BEEN DECKED

C.K.R.

CIRCA 1995