When Compromise Means ‘Damn Your Eyes’

Posted on | November 29, 2012 | 11 Comments

by Smitty

When compromise
Means ‘Damn your eyes’,
And honor is passé,

And the ship’s port list,
Has the crewmen pissed,
For capsizing’s no’ so gay,

Since Reason and Math,
Have succumbed to the wrath,
Of the hormone of the day:

A rational one asks,
While the media basks,
In a General’s tawdry straying,

Did a President fiddle,
With brave men in the middle,
Of a terrorist’s sordid slaying?

These elected clowns,
And their blaming rounds,
Ensure future someone’s paying.

How long can it last?
The ship may’ve passed,
The righting moment final.

Has liberty died?
In hedonism fried,
The culture gone all banal?

We’ll get what we mete,
Until again our feet,
Are on a path Eternal.

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http://thecampofthesaints.org Bob Belvedere
Perhaps, you’re best yet!
http://saberpoint.blogspot.com Stogie Chomper
Nice rhyming and cadence.
http://theothermccain.com smitty
Your.
http://thecampofthesaints.org Bob Belvedere
Kipling-esque!
http://theothermccain.com smitty
Well, let’s keep our hands out of our pockets now, shall we?
http://thecampofthesaints.org Bob Belvedere
Whatever you say, for you’re a better man than I am, Chrissy Smith.
gvanderleun
Smitty. For “For capsizing’s no’ so gay…” Seek. Professional. Help.
But for “Have succumbed to the wrath,
Of the hormone of the day:” take a victory lap.
http://theothermccain.com smitty
As you say.
http://theothermccain.com smitty
Thanks for the stick and the carrot, sir!
http://saberpoint.blogspot.com Stogie Chomper
Heh! Like Gunga Din?
http://saberpoint.blogspot.com Stogie Chomper
True, though the phrase “damn your eyes” makes me think of the great blues song by Etta James.