It’s Sunday and today The Bard of Murdock reflects on the depravity of our ruling class. This poem was originally published on Saturday, April 13, 2013.
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The Ruling Class
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I’ve often criticized the men
Who drive our state affairs.
I’ve mocked the manner of their speech
And parodied their airs.
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Impugned the motives of their deeds
Have I, and even more,
I’ve made a sport of prodding them
For issues they ignore.
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But in a flash of clarity
I ponder them anew,
And see them in another light
I saw not hitherto.
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As I reflect upon their works,
Their attitudes, and deeds,
I see the gross depravity
On which their power feeds.
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I find us cursed and blessed to live
In times of men like these,
Who undermine the very state
Of which they are trustees.
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No more is naked selfishness
Behind a bright façade,
But open, honest shamelessness
Their peers and friends applaud.
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They favor us with dialogue
Of their belief and creed.
No longer do they feel the need
The public to mislead.
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But someday soon we shall awake
To see them as they are,
And on that day the wind shall reek
Of feathers, flesh, and tar.
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For though we often tolerate
A sinner and his fault,
Against the land we hold so dear
We will not brook assault.
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- The Bard of Murdock
- My goal is to produce poetical cartoons. I try to use metaphors and caricatures (or a politician’s own words) to address complex political and social situations. In this way, I sum up current events in humorous verse.
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