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GOSPEL OF THE RIGHTEST

Poem. Satire?

By Paul StewartPublished 11 months ago • 1 min read
GOSPEL OF THE RIGHTEST
Photo by Natilyn Hicks Photography on Unsplash

CAST YOUR EYES UP AT ME

GAZE AND ADORE, WORSHIP

FOR I AM WHITE, MALE

AND STRAIGHT

~

I DO NOT CARE, NO EMPATH

NO SIMP FOR YOUR FEELINGS

I CAP AND WON'T STOP

UNTIL YOU SEE

~

MY RIGHT IS MY PRIVILEGE

MY BIRTH WAS NO ACCIDENT

NO TRICK, I WAS BORN

INTO AN ELITE CLASS

~

OF ABSOLUTE MORONS

HELLBENT ON INSISTING

THAT RESISTING

IS EQUAL TO VANITY

~

ON ANY THAT STAND AGAINST ME

ON ALL WHO WOULD BE FREE

FROM THE SHACKLES

FROM THE NORMS I PROJECT

~

DO NOT REJECT THE MORALS

FOR I CAP AND WON'T STOP

DO NOT REJECT MY WAY

FOR I CAP AND WON'T STOP

~

AS I SHOOT DOWN THE LOWEST

AND CLING TO ONLY THE HIGHEST

I AM RIGHT, I AM THE RIGHT

I AM RIGHTEST AND WON'T BE LEFT

~

OUT

~

AND STILL I FEEL IT —

THE NEED TO BUY MY WAY BACK IN

~

I PAY MY MEMBERSHIP FEES

TO KEEP ME SAFE

TO HIDE MY PAST

AS ANYTHING LESS THAN A 1%ER

~

THEY ARE OUT TO GET ME

THE IMMORAL LEFT

RHETORIC METRIC-“ESORETIC”—I USE IT RIGHT, EVEN IF I DON’T

DON'T LISTEN TO FREE THINKING RADICALS

~

WHO WANTS TO BE RADICAL

WHEN YOU CAN BE

PATRIOTICAL

I DO AS I AM TOLD

WHICH MAKES ME FREER

THAN YOUzz

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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    Written by Paul Stewart