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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11 Responses to “When Compromise Means ‘Damn Your Eyes’”

Bob Belvedere
November 29th, 2012 @ 10:04 am

Perhaps, you’re best yet!
Stogie Chomper
November 29th, 2012 @ 10:10 am

Nice rhyming and cadence.
smitty
November 29th, 2012 @ 10:37 am

Your. 🙂
Bob Belvedere
November 29th, 2012 @ 11:18 am

Kipling-esque!
smitty
November 29th, 2012 @ 12:45 pm

Well, let’s keep our hands out of our pockets now, shall we?
Bob Belvedere
November 29th, 2012 @ 1:16 pm

Whatever you say, for you’re a better man than I am, Chrissy Smith.
gvanderleun
November 29th, 2012 @ 1:23 pm

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.
smitty
November 29th, 2012 @ 2:11 pm

As you say.
smitty
November 29th, 2012 @ 2:12 pm

Thanks for the stick and the carrot, sir!
Stogie Chomper
November 29th, 2012 @ 7:40 pm

Heh! Like Gunga Din?
Stogie Chomper
November 29th, 2012 @ 7:42 pm

True, though the phrase “damn your eyes” makes me think of the great blues song by Etta James.

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