Sunday, October 31, 2021

The Corruption of Moderation

RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: POEMICS

 

The Corruption of Moderation

 

Moderation is the avoidance of extremes

In behavior thought or opinion

Corruption is the distortion of behavior

Or opinion for nefarious gain

 

A time comes to call a horse a horses

To call a mule a mule

Let us stop playing West Virginians

And Arizonans for fools

 

No one anywhere votes for a Democrat

Because they don’t want to tax the wealthy

There are a whole lot of Arizona elders

Who just want a chance to stay healthy

 

The good working people of West Virginia

Have never been in love with coal

Ask them and they will tell you twice

They just want out of the hole

 

The sorry truth is both senators

Are on the corporate dole

One is beholden to pharmaceuticals

The other is beholden to coal

 

Stop pretending that moderation

Is the central reason we are stuck

When in fact the honorable senators

Sold their souls for a lousy buck

 


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