Insanity ~ Poetics
Insanity
If you knew there was an organization
that limited their membership
based on an ethical evaluation of the candidate
and this same organization
through psychiatric evaluation
chose members that lean
towards the perceived
UNethical side of the bar
would this not make you a little nervous,
especially if you were alone in a room
surrounded by these individuals?
If this same organization
held the responsibility of policing
the community you call home
from their street beats
to the highest benches
would you not have to wonder
at least a little bit
about this society
that we, as citizens,
have allowed to evolve.
Because you can't judge good
with a heart of gold
and you can't defeat bad
with forgiveness and second chances
So we've taken beasts with balls of brass
put them in uniform
and are ready to bend to their will?
Perhaps we are forgetting
that it's not just the criminal element
we look to them to control.
Let us all raise our glasses
drink the hemlock
and plead insanity as our defense.
It's Poetics at dVerse Poets and Charles Miller (@shralec) is taking us into the realm of philosophy and deep thoughts. Not sure if I accomplished my purpose with this write, as I'm racing a dying laptop due to a freak power outage...but I didn't want to miss the party!
If you knew there was an organization
that limited their membership
based on an ethical evaluation of the candidate
and this same organization
through psychiatric evaluation
chose members that lean
towards the perceived
UNethical side of the bar
would this not make you a little nervous,
especially if you were alone in a room
surrounded by these individuals?
If this same organization
held the responsibility of policing
the community you call home
from their street beats
to the highest benches
would you not have to wonder
at least a little bit
about this society
that we, as citizens,
have allowed to evolve.
Because you can't judge good
with a heart of gold
and you can't defeat bad
with forgiveness and second chances
So we've taken beasts with balls of brass
put them in uniform
and are ready to bend to their will?
Perhaps we are forgetting
that it's not just the criminal element
we look to them to control.
Let us all raise our glasses
drink the hemlock
and plead insanity as our defense.
It's Poetics at dVerse Poets and Charles Miller (@shralec) is taking us into the realm of philosophy and deep thoughts. Not sure if I accomplished my purpose with this write, as I'm racing a dying laptop due to a freak power outage...but I didn't want to miss the party!
Comments
"if you knew" ....this offers respect to the reader instantly...makes us feel.....important
Peace
Just a side note: this idea od insanity has become a big question. It seems that in earlier societies the insane were not as categorized and shunned as they are in more recent centuries since the Enlightement. As we move more and more towards greater regimentation of our lives in the interests of capitalist life styles, insanity becomes the variable that must be and more controlled. And the definition of what is or is not defined as sanity becomes a means of control itself.
Hank
drink the hemlock
and plead insanity as our defense." ... Indeed!
You raise some excellent (and scary) questions, Natasha.
P.S. Reggie finally started his new blog, so check it out when you get a chance: newviewfromhere.wordpress.com
~Shawna
http://aleapingelephant.blogspot.com/2012/02/in-house-of-moon-madness.html
And thanks for your fun contributions to my Limerick-Offs!
that it's not just the criminal element
we look to them to control."
Really great questions raised. Only thing I can say is there a both zealots and decent people found in every profession; and a small step can push either into that nether world of insanity. Love the word choices, especially last stanza.