Right Again

by flammeusgladius

Right Again

 

 

 

 

Though they forgive vast blunders every day,

They’ll never let you off for being right.

You said what no one should have dared to say.

You shook the liars from their bogus height.

You filled the long-tamed sky with sudden light.

You merited the stolid punishment

They’ve meted out to you.  The pointless flight

You made against their clouds has only sent

New obfuscations rolling in.  Relent

They cannot – and they wouldn’t if they could.

Yes, you were in the right – and they resent

Just that, foul scandal in a neighborhood

Where error is the only firm foundation.

They curse you and your canny cogitation.

 

 

 

-Tom Riley