Public Display Of Affection Poem by Keith Dovoric

Public affection -
Where did it go?
There's an infection
Nobody knows

Loving in secret
Guilt meter's on
Telescreen watching
Privacy gone

They're lockin' you up
For a public display of affection

The children are snitches
The homeless are spies
Watch in the subway
Their schizoid eyes

They're puttin' you down
For a public display of affection
They're sellin' you out
For a public display of affection

Sex in a strange room
Along a brass pole
The dancers are working
Shoveling bullshit like coal

Warmth was a legend
Your passions are woes
The fate of the last friend
Nobody knows

They're pullin' your plug
For a public display of affection
They're punching your ticket
For a public display of affection
They're cuttin' your battery
For a public display of affection
They're snapping your cord
For a public display of affection