Those Whom the Gods Destroy

In days gone by, when people lost their minds They used to say the time is out of joint, It is a discord in the spheres that blinds Our natural reason, makes us miss the point; The movements of the planets and the stars Are interrupted by some meteor, Or Earth and Venus misalign with Mars, Causing plague and pestilence and war. These seem to be just as convincing reasons As any that a rational man can find For such elite establishment malfeasance That drives societies en masse to lose their mind. Those whom the gods destroy they first make mad And goad them to tear down the best they had.