For Tax Day - "Leviathan" by Papa Possum

Posted by Eudaimonia 10 years, 1 month ago to Politics
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For Tax Day.

Enjoy, or not.


Leviathan

The Left's Ultimate Social Contract.

The fruit of all your labor
is full forfeit to *Its* will.
The bread earned for your infant's mouth,
instead *Its* maw must fill.
Those guilty of ability
serve sentence to *Its* need.
A new day has arisen and
Leviathan must feed.

Of, by, and for The People
is a quaint concept of old.
The Stewards you elected
have Your Constitution sold.
So bow to Its New Order
and Its sovereign mandate heed:
all things exist for It alone,
Leviathan must feed.

Don't bleat at It your “freedoms”
like a stupid, naïve youth.
Don't ask It, “What's for dinner?”,
if you can not bear the truth.
Don't bore It with your hardships
and of how you sweat and bleed;
your role now is to sacrifice,
Leviathan must feed.

Do not question your betters,
and do not forget your place.
Don't pine above your station,
humbly serve this god with grace.
Lie back upon Its altar,
and renounce your selfish greed,
accept your fate, and bare your throat,
Leviathan must feed.

Leviathan, Copyright © 2010 Papa Possum


Hear the audio stream here: http://papapossum.blogspot.com/2010/12/l...


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  • Posted by 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    Ok, I look forward to reading it.

    I will probably have a new one posted today as well.
    Stay tuned.
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    well, I just typed it into the comments box rather than adding a file somehow -- hope it worked! it's a fair first attempt, I guess.....
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    still digging for the old "pome" file, but I found two -- how do I post? in a reply like this?
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  • Posted by SRS66East 10 years, 1 month ago
    How very clever! I have read and reread this poem and I must give it two thumbs up! You should have this poem set up on some merchandise at cafepress!
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  • Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 1 month ago
    Thank You Sir! I thought once of sharing a poem, but with this kind of standard, well, maybe not. This Is Good!
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  • Posted by MrSankey 10 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    The attention and reaction was great, it's honors classes, and the part about the Constitution being sold and stupid naive youth got plenty of smiles and positive looks because it's right up the avenue that I have taught. They knew of Hobbes and his writings, and answered a question earlier in the semester about while founded on locke's social contract whose ideas do we live under in 2014; Locke or Hobbes. The response was pretty evenly divided.
    While I enjoy Hawaii now I grew up an empire stater. So keep a single malt and Churchill handy. I go back every few years.
    Aloha
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  • Posted by MrSankey 10 years, 1 month ago
    Over 100 public school children (high school civics and Econ) and 1 of my peer teachers had this read to them today, this darkest day of the year.
    Good stuff!
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