O WISE MEN

Arvo Turtiainen(1904-1980)

o wise men - atom professors

o kings - the four great ones

o shepherds - engineers, technicians

goddamn do something

                a child is dying!

they don't listen - they are listening to the news

they don't listen - they intend to move to the moon

they don't listen - they are fiddling their car

        ask from under the engine hood

        what?

oi tietäjät has been translated from page 57 in the collection Hyvää joulua(1967).

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