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I Do Not Like You Folk

I do not like you folk                      
I do not like you woke   
I'd rather you not spoke
Your throats I'd like to choke
       
All you do is criticize
See things with an evil eye
The embodiment of cancel culture
The predator we call a vulture

I do not like the clothes you wear     
I do not like your unkempt hair         
I do not like you here or there
I do not like you anywhere

I do not like you folk
I do not like you woke
Your opinions are a joke
I hope you end up broke

May all your plans completely fail
Then all of you wind up in jail
And if you try to ban this poem
I'll put some ants into your scrotum

                                
           ~ Theodore Geisel, posthumously

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2021

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Sandra L. Weiss Date: 3/14/2021 9:52:00 AM So sad, so true. Even Seuss... It has gone too far, yet it continues. Well written Gershon. Login to Reply

Linda Alice Fowler Date: 3/5/2021 8:48:00 AM Oh so Seuss and oh so sadly true. Funny Gershon :) Linda Login to Reply

Juliet Ligon Date: 3/5/2021 8:32:00 AM LOL, enjoyed your Dr. Suess style on current issues. Things have gotten out of hand. Login to Reply

Panagiota Romios Date: 3/4/2021 11:42:00 AM A Fave for me as well yes the Cancel Cultures Vultures are everywhere.. Life, love, work God, commandments and their followers of God are all evil. Even the USa is evil per them. Great, then move to China, don't lecture a country they hate, burn, etc. Panagiota Login to Reply

Judy Ball Date: 3/4/2021 8:31:00 AM Cancelling the classics for some stupid reason or other is RE - DICK - YOU - Lous!! Cancelling Uncle Ben's And Aunt Jemima saying it's racist is MAKING THE CANCELLATION RACIST BECAUSE THE MODELS ARE BLACK. Leave alone what works. IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT. THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE ALL GROWN UP WITH A LOVED. THERE IS NO HATE ANYWHERE UNTIL THESE DESK JOCKEYS PUT THEIR NOSES IN TRYING TO LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE A JOB TO DO. Good one Gershon, God Bless, JB Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 3/4/2021 5:56:00 PM Amen, sister. ~ Neanderthal here

P.S. Awtry Date: 3/4/2021 7:36:00 AM FAVE--I love the idea of Dr. Seuss having a response! People are a product of their times and some of them help make things better--I think that was Seuss... And many of our heroes who are now being "cancelled." Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 3/4/2021 5:55:00 PM And what's more, Seuss really changed his attitude from that of a typical Ivy-Leaguer to that of a humanitarian, who fought for minorities, against anti-Semitism in WW2, and all that stuff. And that's the author they cancel. Deep thinkers, those cancelers are! lol. Thanks, P.S. :) gw

L Milton Hankins Date: 3/3/2021 7:14:00 PM Gershon, the decision to not continue to publish six of Seuss' books was made by the publishers, period. As a proud progressive, I'm afraid you did not describe me at all. I'm so sorry you do not like me, but I like and respect you. I hope we can be[come] friends. Milt Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 3/3/2021 7:20:00 PM Well, thanks for the friendship invitation, Milt. I accept. As for the word 'progressives' in the poem, I should have used the words 'cancel culture,' but I was too lazy to go find a rhyme. My bad, as they say... btw, I have friends from all the colors on the spectrum and all the stripes on the shirt. Appreciate your graciousness, and will glad to be a friend. Thanks again!!... Finally, there is a reevaluation of the 'appropriateness' of Suess taking place now. E.g., Disney World is reevaluating its Cat-in-the-Hat platform... Sociability and Sensibility, Gershon