Free Coffee Poem by Edmund V. Strolis
Free Coffee
Selective outrage is the rule of the day
Bear traps for mice laid by the crowd
Intent on keeping certain wolves at bay
Power to the people yelled out loud
Obviously JFK was wrong it seems
Demand what your country must do for you
and MLK had misguided dreams
Only color matters in the red, white and blue
If you disagree you will feel the wrath
This tolerance you see comes with a cost
In schools we teach diversity and math
While the pages to our history are lost
So join us in our righteous fight for power
While we divide the spoils of our fellow man
In our coffee shops we plan the final hour
Free bagels for all! across this tired land.
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
George Harrison
Tax Man
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4/23/2024 8:22:24 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Wow, this is packed with subliminal references! Don't know if I got them all. Very cleverly written, full of irony. Certainly, one wonders what MLK would have thought of the current USA... Not his dream place, I think. Selective outrage is one of the most succinct descriptions I ever heard of government and public behaviour, makes me think of a poem I studied in school - Dropping a bomb is good, throwing a bomb is bad....Social morality has a duality, one for each side of the tracks. It was called ETHICS FOR EVERYMAN. Hence the conclusion of the matter: I well know, O Jehovah, that man’s way does not belong to him. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step. Correct me, O Jehovah... (Jeremiah 10: 23) Authority and rulership belong to the author of life and the sovereign of the universe.