Poem for Hoppy
daevid allen & Soft Machine
live at the UFO Club, 1967
Youtube video 3'57"
https://youtu.be/7byv6v_ku7w

'this is a poem dedicated to John Hopkins, the poem to the City fathers of London, [] the world...'


our fathers who art in []
we are speaking to you

fathers in political insane asylums
[] of the dead body politic
professors of the magic lie
we are speaking to you

presidents, potentates,
police inspectors of the mind
popes of the popular []
we are speaking to you

[] of the easy speak
yes men of the lip-service
and [purse] fiddlers of the []
we are speaking to you

[] shepherds of people
down the avenue of promises

the powers of []
just around the corner
available soon
no [] strings attached
just over the rainbow
on cloud sixty-nine

brain invaders?
punishement dealers
manufacturers of [eyesight]
you are blind

commanders of the strong arm
of the black leather authority
rejoicing in your [] armies
of the second []
we don't want to know about you
and your supermarkets of the [platitude]
we are sick of being raided
for illegal thoughts
and jailed for possession
of the smoking flower

as you prosecute explorers of the mind

[] father
let us prey

our fathers whose [] is heaven
hollow be thy shrines
thy kingdom []
thy foundries []
on a [edge] in seventh heaven
sell us this day
our hands and heads
lest we be [] trespassers
lest we forgive not
thy trespass against us
and freed us from evil
for grime is the kingdom
the power and the glory
[unintelligible]

('thank you')