Human Nature Doesn'T Change - Ii
II.
Erin liked to march proclaiming to men
how to behave alongside strong females.
In L.A. she met up with a big Hollywood man
who pledged to help her make the sale.
He said all the right words and he gave
money to charities supporting the cause.
Then after six years of fighting ‘the fight,’
it came out that he had trouble with laws.
Specifically, the kind that clearly say
that workplace power cannot be used
to trade with young girls auditions for sex,
constituting sexual abuse.
But word came out and all saw that
for years people had cowered in fear,
letting him prey on powerless teens
lest he go and destroy their careers.
Down to dust came his big studio,
taking down Erin’s charity too.
How could he have done this to teenagers
after all the 'struggle' they’d been through?
The answer, it came from her brother
who flew to help her from a red state,
He shook his head and said to her:
“Could’ve told you it would end this way.
“Those who cannot attract by wit or charm,
the failures who can’t get the job done,
often seek out more ‘creative ways’
of making sure they can get some.
“And in this town you’ve made your home,
no greater power can ever be seen,
then the man who makes starlet’s famous
and puts their pretty, little heads on-screen.
“And if you’ve got yourself a beta male,
he’ll see that as his path to getting laid.
You thought PC words would break a sex drive?
Hah! Human nature, sis, it doesn’t change.”
Copyright © David Welch | Year Posted 2017
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