For the next half of National Poetry Month 2017,
Malvina will Sing It, and I'll write a poem in response.
One of the strongest unifying topics in Malvina Reynolds' songs is politics and protest. The next few days will feature songs written in the 1960's and 1970's, but which are fresh and topical today.
Ticky Tacky
(to the tune of "Little Boxes")
It’s the sameness, lack-of-change-ness
It’s the absence of diversity
Economic inequality
Absolute conformity
It’s a boilermaker
Never varying
So redundant
Truly tedious
It’s the absence of diversity
And it all looks just the same.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2017
Oh, I love this. I didn't know this song until the popular netflix show, Weeds, used it as a theme song. Fantastic look at this singer songwriter in this poem.
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