The Unknown Citizen
(To JS/07/M/378)
This Marble Monument's erected by the State)

He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be
One against whom there was no official complaint.
And all the reports of his conduct agree
That, in the modern sense of an old fashioned word,
         he was a saint,
For in everything he did he served the Greater Community.
except for the War until the day he retired.
He worked in a factory and never got fired,
but satisfied his employers Fudge Motors Inc.
Yet he wasn't a scab or odd in his views
for his union reports that paid all his dues
(Our report on his union shows it was sound)
And our Social Psychology workers found
That he was popular with is mates and liked a drink.
The Press are convinced that he bought a paper every day
And that his reactions to advertisements were normal
            in every way.
Policies taken out in his name prove that he was fully
            insured,
And his Health-card shows that he was once in hospital
            but left it cured.
Both Producers Research and High Grade Living declare
He was fully sensible to the advantages of the
            installment plan
And had everything necessary to the Modern Man.
A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.
That he held the proper opinions for the time of year;
When there was peace, he was for peace;
When there was war, he went.
He was married and added five children to the population
Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a
            parent of his generation,
And out teachers report that he never interfered
            with their education
Was he free?  Was he happy?  The question is absurd:
Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.