(AOPC) The Stand

[mojo]

This is a fairly old poem i wrote back in the 80's that ive posted before in the bad Poetry thread but i've always secretly liked it just a little bit, so i'll enter it just for the hell of it.

THE STAND.

Congregating dreamers
Prophets of the year
Regulated schemers
Filling you with fear.

Should you meet a fellow with less than yourself
Take what he offers and put it on the shelf.

Prophets of the year
With nothing left to lose
Congregating dreamers
And the schemers who will choose.

Should you pass a leper begging in the street
Pay him with some morsels from your hands and feet.

Regulated schemers
Opening the purse
Congregated dreamers
Prophets drive the hearse

Should you see a smoking gun in the leaders hand
Pass him by and you will die, its time to make a stand.

[1972]

I like it a lot.
But would you answer me this:

Why do you think it is bad?

[mojo]

Why do you think it is bad?

Probably because i wrote it so long ago it doesn't resonate with me like it did back then.

I think it is also "naive". Not the right word i was looking for but a close approximation.

[1972]

I disagree.
And so do you.
And you can always update.
But, I likes it; I likes it very much.