MEN
From the line in the sand
to Custer’s last stand
it takes a man.
From the Halls of Montezuma
to the shores of Tripoli
it’s men we see.
In their Demolition Derbies
where they smash each other’s cars
be they simply hyperactive
or just denizens of Mars
they will take it to the limit
they will take it to the bars.
Men
When they do the Hokey Pokey
and they turn themselves about,
They’re still men.
If they gotta throw a tantrum
if they gotta sulk and pout,
well, they can.
As they shake their little pee pees
and they pound their chests and shout,
you know that it will come to blows
but not know what about,
it’s just the nature of the Homo Saps
to call each other out.
Men
So when at last the End of Days
doth free us all from Sin
its arrival will be ushered by
the ministries of Men.
DISCLAIMER
Plagerism and channelling meet in this poem. I feel as though I saw a very similar poem in the New Yorker; illustrated by Ros Chast. Unable to sort this feeling out, I ran with the concept.