MEN IN CHARGE

IS THERE ANYTHING MORE SHAMELESS THAN A MAN
AND THE DEGREE OF SHAMELESSNESS IS DAUNTING
EXITING THE WOMB HE FIRES HIS PISTOL BROADSIDE
SMILES AND GIGGLES AT HIS FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT
WHINING AND COMPLAINING FROM THEREON OUT
BASKING IN THE ADORATION OF HIS GRANDMOTHER
WONDERING WHY HE GOT STUCK WITH HIS PARENTS
AND THOSE SIBLINGS WHO ARE ONLY IN THE WAY
HE DISCOVERS GIRLS ARE NOT SO BAD SOMETIMES
AT COLLEGE HE REALIZES THAT THEY ARE SMARTER
BUT LEARNS TO ACT AS IF HE IS DOING THEM A FAVOR
OBLIGING THEM THE AEGIS OF HIS EXALTED COMPANY
OFF TO HEROIC MILITARY SERVICE FOR HIS COUNTRY
RETURNING HOME A HERO THE DARLING OF HIS FAMILY
HIS STATUS AIDS IN THE SEARCH FOR A JOB OF PROMISE
IN THE WORK-A-DAY WORLD MALES RULE THE ROOST
ENABLING HIM TO PLAY THE GAME AND TO PROSPER
LEARNING THAT THE BOTTOM-LINE HOLDS THE CARDS
LAWS, RULES AND REGS ARE IMPEDIMENTS FINESSED
WITH LAWYERS, MONEY AND FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE DO-GOODERS TOLERATED
BY ADVERTISING STRATEGIES CLAIMING TO BE GREEN
GLOBAL WARMING, POLLUTION AND EARTH DAMAGE
ARE MYTHS PERPETRATED BY THE NAÏVE LIBERAL MEDIA
DESIGNED TO CREATE SENSELESS BARRIERS TO PROGRESS
WARS AND RELIGION PROVIDE SUITABLE DISTRACTIONS
TO CRUSH THE EFFORTS OF JUSTICE-SEEKING ACTIVISTS
TOMORROW WILL BE SOON ENOUGH TO SAVE THE EARTH
TODAY IS THE TIME FOR THE HAVES TO CARRY ON AS USUAL
TO THE TUNE OF “AND THERE’S NO WAY TO STOP IT,”
FROM THE SHAMELESS CONDUCT OF THE MEN WHO RULE