Look at All the Parrots

Look at all the parrots--

Parroting the words

Of all the other parrots--

Of all the other birds--

 

Parroting profusely

All the same refrains--

Parroting the constant patter

In their parrot brains--

 

Parroting the preaching

From the pulpit to the pews--

Parroting their parents'

And their parents' parents' views--

 

Parroting their leaders

And their pompous platitudes--

Parroting their peers'

Pretentious attitudes--

 

Parroting the patriarchs'

Proselytizing that'll

Put your teeth on edge

With their pathetic prattle--

 

Parroting the poppycock

Of trite pontifications--

Parroting pernicious

And sly manipulations--

 

Parroting the pretty birds

Whose pageantry and glory

Appeal to their prurient tastes

In each pathetic story--

 

Parroting the songsters

With parasitic pleasure

And counting out the rhythm

Of every pitiful measure--

 

Parroting the powerful

Whose attacks are so profuse,

Leaving the powerless

Pummeled with abuse--

 

Parroting with passion

Presumptuous prophesies

With putative contrition,

"Humbly" on their knees--

 

Parroting themselves--

Together all in sync--

How they love to parrot

So they don't have to think!

 

(7-19-15)