(np) possible subtext for “Murder Most Foul”

[Raphael Saltwood]

With apologies to James Joyce


Are you not weary of quarrels long,
Lure of quondam idealists?
Tune instead your heart to song.

What shall avail the marching throng,
The picket sign, the upraised fists?
Are you not weary of quarrels long?

The search for truth the creeds among,
Impedes the longing to be kissed -
Turn your heart instead to song.

Events show grievous signs of wrong,
Villains are raised, & heroes missed.
Are you not weary of quarrels long?

What cabal, power elite, or Tong
Will next hold sway and justice twist?
Tune instead your heart to song.

What simian ruffian a la Kong
Surmounts the tower in the mist?
Are you not weary of quarrels long?

Contending powers of the strong
Must ever in a fray enlist.
Tune your heart instead to song.

It is not true that Mao Zedong
His meeting in Samarra missed.
Are you not weary of quarrels long?

The Beatles and many more along
The pathway of years did not desist.
Turn your heart instead to song.

The victim, the killer, the nations’ young,
All those who ever reminisced -
Are we not weary of quarrels long?

A clever organ is the tongue,
Conveying tone as well as gist.
Are you not weary of quarrels long?
Tune your heart instead to song.



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