The Lady’s Not for Earning, No, Of Course Not, No

The Lady’s Not for Earning, No, Of Course Not, No

“Words, after all,” he said, “are only words

And I have heard so many in these days

That half my wits are sick.”

~ Lancelot, in Lancelot, by Edwin Arlington Robinson, p. 164

If “Words . . . are only words,” then after all

It doesn’t matter what we say or write.

We speak out all the vilest ones, appall

As many hearers as we want, and spite

The millions.  Hitler’s book doesn’t matter.

Das Kapital is just so many words.

That’s it.  Kellyanne Conway can flatter

And lick the ass of Trump and claim his turds

Are manna tasting far more like honey

Than Fake News.  Does she speak her witches’ brew

For highest principles, not for money?

If Conway wasn’t being paid, spewing true

Words from her mouth in hot disgust would be

Her choice.  Instead she’s whored her liberty.

by phillipw | Mar 26, 2020 | TR | 0 comments