John Lawless Poet Rhyme

Perhaps We Doth Protest Too Much

“Perhaps we doth protest too much”*
while eating bread without the crust
while claiming there’s no one to trust
why are we making such a fuss
when those who protest curse and cuss
while texting on their i-phone plus
and should the traffic jam they cause
fail to arouse you – give you pause
remind them they too have their flaws
but leave yourself a way to flee
for in their world freedom ain’t free
unless you think the same as thee
aggression’s have been shrunk to “micro”
to protect the views of those gone “psycho”
whose rebellion started with a “typo”
my T-shirt says that “I DON’T CARE”
alas, that is their biggest fear
that they will shout – but no one hear
demands they think we all should share
and so in protest I refuse
to acquiesce to mob rule muse
but to write and think the way I choose


©4/2/2019

*with apologies to the Bard 


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