Stroke

So one of the more memorable people I encountered at Occupy LA was a performer by the name of Man GooGoo. [Like the Goo Goo Dolls - but more mature.] He was handing out lyrics of protest songs he had written to passersby.

I glanced at the first song, curiously titled "Stroke":

Stroke to the left
Stroke to the right
Stroke all day
Stroke all night
Stroke to the left and stroke to the right
Come on everybody let's stroke tonight
Stroke to the left and stroke to the right
Come on everybody and grip it tight
The government strokes you
So does (sic) the cops
Your neighbor strokes you
It never stops
You go to work
Get stroke (sic) there too
Now it's your turn
The strokes on you

I mean, it's labelled a protest song, but it "strokes" me as a bit more masturbatory. You know, a song that puts the "man goo" in Man GooGoo.

Nonetheless, it's a shame that none of the protesters knew the tune that accompanied "Stroke"'s lyrics. Perhaps chorally breaking out in unison would have been enough to sway the cops to halt the raid instead of, you know, stroking us.

On that note, it appears that Man GooGoo was the first person to be arrested that night. Yeah, that makes sense.