Tuesday, April 16, 2019

№ 574: (Un)well, I Declare

EARTH, April 15

If I may, may I correct Thomas J. just a tad?

“Created equal”? Equally BAD!

Was Jefferson lying or was he dense
or simply lacking Thom. Paine's “Common Sense”?
From this man working slaves on lands seized
from inhabitants dispatched by guns and disease,
“created equal” actually smacks
of what you'd expect from FOX Murdoch hacks
faking facts to score points. No less. No more.

Having said what I've said, let me hasten to add
all other scenarios are just as bad.
If oppressed and oppressor roles are reversed,
nothing much changes because we are cursed
by Freud's “life drive” to prevail and subdue.
Though you may see a diff in the victors' hue.