Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing
The sheep are now persuaded they’re in charge.
They howl like wolves if you won’t go along.
The privates all insist you call them “Sarge.”
The sheep are now persuaded they’re in charge
Of populations libertine and large.
When they crash, they won’t cede that they were wrong.
The sheep are now persuaded they’re in charge.
They howl like wolves if you won’t go along.
–Tom Riley
Cash Crop
Where did the Yankee traders get their wares?
Africa’s biggest cash crop was its slaves.
Your history, my lad, requires repairs.
Where did the Yankee traders get their wares?
The great black kingdoms had a lot of spares,
And profit’s what the royal spirit craves.
Where did the Yankee traders get their wares?
Africa’s biggest cash crop was its slaves.
–Tom Riley
Hey, Look!
“I’m leaving you,”
said Southern Belle.
There were no tears
yet,
but the tight-lipped expression
was full of pain.
“The magic is gone.
Besides, you’ve become
intolerably preachy
and abusive.”
Billy Yank responded
with a backhand
of industrial strength
that loosened Belle’s small white teeth
and spattered blood
in an unforgettable
pattern
all over wall and floor.
During the perfunctory
rape that followed,
Billy yawned,
displaying square
yellow chompers
the size of family bibles.
“Must preserve the union.
Hey, look!
I freed the slaves!”
–Tom Riley
The Viral Video of Verity
“It’s all simple!” says General Ty.
“It was slavery. All else is a lie.
On obscene power trips,
Southrons itched to crap whips!”
Answers woke Dennis Prager: “Aye, aye!”
–Tom Riley
(West Point warrior achieves lifetime goal of viral video.)
Emancipator
The Great Emancipator freed the slaves
And then successfully enslaved the states.
Jesus may rise from death – but Lincoln saves.
The Great Emancipator freed the slaves!
Faced with such magic, skepticism caves.
That wizard must be numbered with the greats.
The Great Emancipator freed the slaves—
And then successfully enslaved the states.
–Tom Riley
A Short History of the Civil War
In the South there arose discontent,
Then rebellion. Unhappy event!
But the North was too strong.
Once again, before long,
Rebs were governed – without their consent.
–Tom Riley
Completely Reparated
Does Kamala owe
Slaveholder reparations? No
Longer: we rule such claims supremely silly.
She paid all debts by sucking Willie’s willy.
–Tom Riley
The Slaves Insist
The slaves insist you join their merry crew.
Their shouts are more obnoxious than the masters’.
Think your own thoughts? Ha! That you mustn’t do!
The slaves insist that you must join their crew.
Of proper roles you seem to have no clue.
You’re now due for a whole crew of disasters.
The slaves insist you join their merry crew.
Their shouts are more obnoxious than the masters’.
–Tom Riley
Free the Slaves
You dared to think that Lincoln freed your asses.
You dared to think that you indeed were free.
Well, go on thinking so — mistakenly!
We issue you innumerable passes
And silence the dissent that in our classes
Dares to correct your tame simplicity.
You boast. We don our best smiles and agree.
This is how rulers dominate the masses.
Oh, yes! You’re free — and, deep in urban hells,
You undergo the depths of degradation,
The fucking language and the fecal smells,
The boundless crime, the constant agitation.
We draw your votes, slaves, from these putrid wells.
We wish you pleasure in your liberation.
—Tom Riley
On Schedule
You say you got on schedule once again?
Soon you’ll resent your petty slave success
And the life you have programmed straitly. When
You say you got on schedule once again,
You signal you’re a solid citizen
And not a bold explorer. Trapped? Oh, yes:
You say you got on schedule once again!
Soon you’ll resent your petty slave success.
–Tom Riley
Flammeus Gladius 