Wednesday 9 December 2015

On Best-Laid Plans


On Best-Laid Plans

           I

          ‘Sir, why
         do the flu
                  shots
       for the more
            elderly
     contain more
  adjuvants
  than the other
                ones?’

           ‘Because
       the immune
            systems
       of the more
           elderly
Are less responsive
Than the young
And need more, 
                     shall
           we say
Enhancement.
               That’s
                why.’

‘Well, yes, sir; I
Can see
That.  But
It’s also more
Dangerous.  
               Isn’t
               that
               right,
               Sir?’

‘Scientifically
Speaking, that is
                        a
Possibility, yes.
But don’t worry
           yourself
      about that
      little fact.
      Just do
      your job;
      that’s all
      you are
      paid for.
             Not
     to ask
     questions;
    let alone
    so many.
    Do you
    understand.
    son?’

             ‘Yes,
          sir.  I
     understand
     fully.’

And do you,
            friend?


        II

To the federal
Government authorities
I ask (Obama being
                   so busy 
                  these days
              I would hate
             to interrupt 
             him):

Why would you be 
         so wary
         of the likes
Of patriots -
         to the point
         of ordering
         more than
         a billion
         rounds of
         hollow point
                 bullets
              at that
         for civil
         unrest 
          (not 
     the target
     practice
     that you
     are pretending
     that they 
     are for) -  
          unless
       you had
       designs
       on the
       country?
And Second Amendment
Supporters.
And ‘conservatives’??
And Christians
        no less…
        as your DHS
        embeds
        jihadists
        in this
        country...
                         Just
        asking,
                    you
Understand.  It seems
             a little
Strange, is all.
          Wouldn’t you    
          think so
          if you
         were me???

                 Who
            you are,
     as a matter
     of larger
     fact.  

But that’s another
                   story.

      Although
          not
        really.

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