“The age demanded that we sing …” by Ernest Hemingway

“The age demanded that we sing …” by Ernest Hemingway 🇺🇸 (21 Jul 1899 – 2 Jul 1961)

The age demanded that we sing

And cut away our tongue.

The age demanded that we flow

And hammered in the bung.

The age demanded that we dance

And jammed us into iron pants.

And in the end the age was handed

The sort of shit that it demanded.