Vice Squad

We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke strops our vice. - Thoreau

cigarettes sautéed his spirit

booze braised his brain

fornication flambéed his fertility

drugs diced his indiscretions

rock 'n roll roasted his religion

together they cooked his goose

worms feasted on the leftovers

Author's Note

"Somehow strangely the vice of men gets well represented and protected but their virtue has none to plead its cause - nor any charter of immunities and rights." - Thoreau