Robert Freeman Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 You hate when I start venting About the tantrums that you've thrown I will not treat you gently Not with the tactics that you've shown Your arguments are empty And your premises still roam Your certainty is plenty On how nothing can be known Your emotions are so vast With your sympathies bemoaned Your contempt for me is masked With a well-intentioned tone With your riddles not yet grasped You claim my mind hasn't grown But it's this mind that will last When your system is dethroaned Everyone can disagree I'll still stand this ground alone Try to hide the best in me My life you will still not own My word you can take to task You'll forever fetch the bone Though I may be an outcast You're still a ****ing drone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Nice. Why the self-censorship? I think the people here can handle a spade being called a spade, or a drone being called a fucking drone for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChimp007 Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 ... My word you take to task You'll forever fetch the bone Though I may be an outcast You're still a ****ing drone I need to recite the last few lines of this to some people. Really love the last stanza Robert. Thanks for sharing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMERICONORMAN Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 I liked that. I can relate to it; I would be the speaker in the poem. But they are also words that someone may think of me, though it wouldn't be my appraisal, except for the lines about certainty--I believe in certainty. Yah, I liked it. Jose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBP2009 Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 Robert, this is an enjoyable bit of verse. I can relate to it, and I say with considerable confidence that most Objectivists would also relate to it. In fact, it reminds me of every single day in my workplace. It reminds me of every single family gathering. It reminds me of the moldering collectivist platitudes that are taken for truth in our society. It is the choked-back battle cry, spoken quietly through gritted teeth, of the individual against the collective. It is the voice of the rational individual who feels a just anger at the irrational state of the world around him. I like it a great deal. Thanks for sharing it with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tito Posted November 2, 2008 Report Share Posted November 2, 2008 Bravo Robert! An eloquent summary, capsulizing the proper attitude to hold against the irrational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juxtys Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I love it. I will learn to quote it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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