Sunday, March 23, 2014

THE GOOD GUYS AND THE BAD GUYS - IT USED TO BE SO SIMPLE

 
 
Was it really so simple then? 
Or was I just so naive?
 
As I was growing up,
It was quite clear:
 
The Good Guy
Wore a white hat,
And he sang beautiful songs.
He rode a white horse -
Or a palomino.
 
He was really nice.
 
The Bad Guy
Wore a black hat,
Or a black shirt,
He had a thin moustache.
And a mean grin;
He smoked a cigar
And he spit.
 
It was so easy to tell
Who was good
And who was bad.
 
Not so today.
We have to wake up,
Grow up !
 
Our side
Are not necessarily
The Good Guys;
And their side
Are not necessarily
The Bad Guys.
 
In fact,
If we face reality,
We will soon see that
All those who seek power
Over the minds and lives of others
Are
The Enemy.
 
Should we support
Communists
or
Nazis?
 
That is the choice in Ukraine today.
 
And the choices in
The Middle East,
Are similar.
 
Politics make strange bedfellows,
But if you go to bed with criminals,
You had better not sleep.
 
And, in the morning, 
Soap will not cleanse your soul.
 

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