Markings
McKinley, Mark A. Watson and Stephen
POETRY The following poetry is written expressly for The Alternative by Mary Qwaint, an inmate of the Indiana Girls' School, heavily endowed by Federal Aid. Mary recently returned from a twelve...
...No one will know but God up above...
...Today there are one million more people on relief than there were during the depths of depression...
...In the same period, non-defense spending catapulted from 48.6 billion in 1960 to an estimated 95.6 billion in 1968 — a jump of ninety-seven per cent...
...sic) MY LOVE CAME UNTO ME My love came unto me in the still of the night, Ah yes my love came unto me, and his kiss was a kiss of fire that causeth the burning of my soul...
...Four hippies can pay forty dollars per month at a county aid office and receive stamps redeemable for seventy-six dollars worth of groceries, providing they have set themselves up as a "household...
...How long could a union treasury sustain the strikers (presumably the union would collect funds through a cut from the checks of welfare recipients) ? Perhaps many of these persons would even be forced to seek interim employment while on strike...
...No one but God up above...
...Forget the ones who failed to understand, The ones who's hearts were pregnant with hate and prejudice, The ones who dared to prophize our love would fail our love would die, The ones who cried "look, Look at the white one that walketh among the Black, and she must stay for there is not one among the white that will have her back, Look look at the white one that walketh among the black...
...No one will care how many tears of sorrow I shed...
...But alas, this would invalidate their claims to welfare...
...Now we hear Administration spokesmen stating the deficit to be twenty-three billion dollars, and more responsible sources (i.e...
...One of the more ingenius ideas of our time, "welfare power," as presently conceived, would culminate in the formation of welfare unions...
...Even the hippies get into the act...
...My love oh thou art fair to gaze upon...
...An enterprising American publisher is bringing out a red-covered book titled 'Thoughts of Chairman Johnson.' Publishing industry sources report that if the book catches on, we can expect it to be followed by 'Thoughts of Robert McNamara' or 'Thoughts of Ronald Reagan.' And, we might speculate, 'Thoughts of Governor Romney.' In loose leaf...
...No one will love me forever as there friend, No one, But God up above, (sic) THE PRESS GOD Now friend, or foe, more likely the case, Of the Press God, as you may know...
...No one will want me longer than a day No one, Only God up above...
...sic) NO TIME A child cries, someone is lost, But the cruel world cries no time, no time, The poor grow poorer, The needy beg, But the cruel uncaring world cries no time, no time, No time to dry a child's tear, No time to help someone himself to find...
...Then also you'll know that the Press God finds this title most fitting and none can compare MY friend to this take heed...
...My love as thou comest to me in the hush of the hungry night and we intwine and become one, then do come to know that I liveth so thou mayest come unto me...
...Johnson demands a surtax and places the blame for this need on the war...
...Eds...
...Mark A. Watson THE NON-LABOR UNION The recent collection in Washington of swarms of militant indigents, chanting "welfare power," portended a breakthrough in union development...
...As to the unions' methods of assuring more munificent welfare (and fringe...
...the Administration's demand for a tax increase...
...ah, love thou art the light unto my world, thou art the ruler of my house my body, my being...
...Thou, my love come unto me and cast away this raging, begging desire and let us intwine and become one...
...And, how long could such a strike endure...
...Tant pis...
...benefits, one can not help but raise a skeptical brow...
...Let there be in me hope for a Peaceful tomorrow and Lord, If you'll kindly let all these things be, Let there be room enough in heaven for me...
...So whenever you're low And think you no lower can go let the Press God know, And you'll find Rock Bottom the all time low...
...So, does it appear 6 This conceted, little man of course always refers to Race color & creed (and most redundantly of all, national origin...
...The Budget places defense spending at 45.7 billion dollars in 1960, and it has risen to an estimated 76.8 billion in 1968 — an increase of sixty-eight per cent...
...sic) WILL LOVE Will you love me When I am old...
...but to this take not heed...
...sic) NO ONE No one will know how my Heart is crying for love...
...Only then, when my pulse is next to niegh, as I bid my farewell and my soul surgth toward hell, can I forget, And then still shall I cry, our love was pure as white, and fine as gold and I am not ashamed that he was black or that for our love we had to Fight, (sic) MARKINGS THE WAR ECONOMY The economy, well lets see...
...ONLY THEN CAN I FORGET When tears of loneliness cease to fall, When hours of sorrow come no more, When I fail to have courage and stand tall, When at long last my life is tallied and I know the score, Only then can I forget...
...Thy body is perfect to me in every way, never has there been a more splindor form and thy countance is excellent...
...Will you greve for me, After I am stiff and cold, Will you remember those soft summer days When life was grand, We were young and walked hand in hand, Will you love me When I grow old...
...below union standards...
...Mary recently returned from a twelve day Sabbatical on Indianapolis' "sin strip", where she collected material for short stories which will appear in The Alternative this Spring...
...Will you remember those hushed urgent nights, When love was bliss, And we rubed noses to kiss, When stars shone only for us And full always the moon...
...Lord, let there be room for others in my heart that I might not grow lonely...
...From the Omaha Evening World-Herald 7...
...Will you love men when I am old...
...With eight and one-half million people on relief and over a million drawing unemployment compensation, one might look in amazement at the help wanted ads—sort of a localized RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT...
...In the past ten years reliefers have increased fifty per cent...
...Seven months ago Johnson estimated his deficit for the current fiscal year at just over eight billion dollars...
...the Chicago Tribune) put the deficit as high as thirty-two billion...
...Let there be in me enough humble humility to accept a helping hand...
...Stephen McKinley THINK, BABY, THINK "It was bound to happen...
...No time to comfort the poor, No time to give to the needy, Who beg at their door, no time, no time The cruel uncaring world cries no time, no time, (sic) to you that the war is necessitating the surtax...
...Would picketing the fat cats' welfare office be formidable enough to repulse strike breaking scabs, perhaps masked as paupers, attempting to break the strike by accepting sub-standard welfare — i.e...
...With an overall increase in the budget of 83.7 per cent in the last eight years, non-defense spending has increased from 51.5 per cent to 55.5 per cent...
...Perhaps more than an ironic anecdote on current welfare absurdities, this will serve as an insight into UNTITLED Lord, let there be enough love in my heart to love my enemy, Let there be enough courage in my heart to weather life's stormy days...
Vol. 1 • October 1967 • No. 2
