Resurrection of Insurrection
Last Easter ended with thoughts of Resurrection
But did believers, then, sincerely reflect
On Congressmen complicit in the Capitol insurrection?
And what beliefs did those marauding crowds respect?
They who threatened a country’s democracy
To satisfy one faction’s hypocrisy
Their intentions were not the least obscure
They thought their acts and deeds most pure
Told by their Messiah that the “Swamp” needs correction
Compare the insurrection of Easter 1916
That of Dublin was of a different kind
A resurrection of a dream by generations foreseen
In the memories of many a meticulous mind
An instigator’s intent surely does matter
And speeches are not meant merely to flatter
Nor castigate those who would do least harm
This Messiah used what some refer to as charm
Though his legacy, objectively, was far from pristine
Now, you, the seekers of divine perfection
Who put such a man on a political pedestal
He who manifests such lack of introspection
Who thought this insurrection some kind of festival
Who sees all compromise as a lack of strength
And thinks untruths to be sustainable at length
How could you make no logical distinction
Between liberty of expression and truth’s extinction
Amid warnings of violence at this insurrection?
False enemies are so often resurrected
By populists who wish to avoid all criticism
But, for an insurrection, they must be carefully selected
And read aloud to the crowd with wayward witticism
No, let’s be clear, not all insurrections are equal
Though to each such act there is always a sequel
But herein lies a warning to the dastardly despotic
And to the supporters of the electorally exotic
This narcissist of note was resoundingly rejected