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The Mad Man In the Corner

THE MAD MAN IN THE CORNER
By Roy Merritt

A mad man in the corner was ranting on insane
A man who was blinded wracked with mental pain
He couldn’t believe they lost couldn’t believe this be true
No they hadn’t lost but knifed in back by Jews
Most of them ignored him his lunatic intent 
Ignored all of it their fervor for war was spent
But he wished it continue he loved his time in line
Loved all the killing, killing to him was fine
He browbeat his comrades forever rabble rousing
But they paid no attention to what he was espousing
They wished him sent off sent out of range
Sent off to some ward for someone so deranged
He was delusional of course he’d lost his grasp
He’d lost his mind his sanity had lapsed
And when he left there clothed in all his fears
His madness spread and spread, spread for many years
And so the army made him a spy
In a movement with which he did comply   
And in a meeting he rose inspired with his hate
With all his demagoguery and with him they did relate
But he was an object of derision few listened to him at all
Until came his Putsch from a Bavarian beer hall
It was a failure of course was discounted in the press
But when in the court the courts he did impress
Many agreed with him that his words full of wisdom
Thus his penalty minimal five years he got in prison   
And there he dictated his thoughts to a fawning Hess
Told all of “My Struggle” his intentions did confess
And once he was paroled his influence steadily grew
And when Wall Street came tumbling down 
success was his he knew
His thugs went into the streets the city they did own
Wore their Brown Shirts proudly marching under Rohm
He held many rallies incensed his nation throughout 
Called for destroying their enemies madness he did spout
And with each success his citizens came to decide
All the killing necessary they fine with genocide
But within six years they were loath to understand
How they could have ever been seduced by this crazy man 
How could they have been so foolish this not their kind
And not long after surrender no Nazi could you even find
No Nazi you could find throughout all of Germany
No Nazi anywhere no Nazi might you see
“We didn’t know they doing that we knew this not at all!”
Dooming all of us destined we were to fall
that’s what they told Milton Mayer in his book in fifty five
Those whom he could interview those that still be alive
We don’t understand this that this could ever be
When they came to worship this man “They Thought That They Were Free.”

Copyright © Roy Merritt | Year Posted 2016

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