Damned Poem by Francis Duggan

You are damned if you do and you are damned if you don't
And you are damned if you will and you are damned if you won't
And you are damned if you say yes and you are damned if you say no
Since big brother is watching and all about you he know.

Silence in the face of injustice is death to the soul
But with big brother listening our tongues we must control
For big brother is listening whenever we talk
And where-ever we go to our movements he stalk.

Our very existence it is ruled by fear
Of the threat of terrorism so often we hear
Judgemental big brother himself far from pure
Controls us by making us feel insecure.

Damned by our silence and damned when we speak out
Autocratic big brother is always about
A loss of rights to one is a loss of rigths to me and you
And damned if we don't and damned if we do.