Based on the behaviour
(bigoted intolerant prejudiced racist sexist)
of so many descendants
of those pioneers who crossed
the Mason–Dixon line
back in the day
demarcating the North from the South
in the good ol' U.S.A.
come rain or shine
I can believe
(with this empty bottle in front of me)
some of the settlers automatically
received a full frontal lobotomy
or if they did not
it's what they should have got
and strange but true
as a rule of thumb
the further north you go
the more southern it will become
When first invited
to The Land of Milk and Honey
where stars at night shone bright
and days there were always sunny
he demurred to go
Abraham was of a mind to politely decline
as wouldn't you know
he was lactose intolerant
and diabetic too so
the alleged Promised Land
would only guarantee
even more misery
but when he repented and relented
as his story unravels
more than 2,200 miles
by ox-cart he then travels
and tho' it's unsure if he found a cure
or the fire of his desire
to fulfill the dream which kept him alive
lo he lived to be an old soul of
one hundred and seventy five
The freedom has difficult way,
The drumsticks are playing cello,
Totalerance searches for prey
under your blanket, fellow.
where did
you go
though
i don't
drink
milk
but i have
a carton
with your
picture
on the
side but
you are not
missing
i'm just
missing
you
These dead men never render Faust or fade
For only white worm maggots burrow bold.
Intolerant no more of colored shade
While wrapped in raiment silk of amber gold.
No mountain of Olympus are these dead,
They crave no more the master masks once worn;
For they have found forever's fertile bed,
Oblivion, and feel no more the scorn.
A cradled black sarcophagus dug deep
Hold alabaster bones eternally -
No angel trumpets blown for their long sleep
Will raise decay up unexpectedly.
Their sins are made immaculate in death;
Offended men still taste the bigot's breath.
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