A Finger Of Value

 a motion poem with ideals that matter




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   RONNIE,
      WE
ARE VERACIOUS ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT
HANDSOME IS THAT HANDSOME DOES
   PREFERRING A LIFE PROPER YET NOT PRIM
      HUMANE HUMANS
WILL UNDOUBTEDLY UNDERSTAND THAT
NO-ONE IS CLAY IN THE HANDS OF A POTTER
   FLANKED BY THE UNEQUAL,
   SIBLINGS OF SIMILAR IDEALS
HATE TO TAKE TO THEIR HEELS
MUST SOCIETY FALL TO SCRIPTURAL PIECES?
NO-ONE IS CLAY IN THE HANDS OF A POTTER
   SO FRESH WITHOUT STALE IDEAS,
IN THE REALM OF THE INSTRUMENTAL

                   **

      RONNIE,
   WE MAY MAR WHAT IS TO MAKE WHAT OUGHT
A REACTIONARY IS TOO RUDE TO REASON
IT HERALDS THE GREAT VALUE SHIFT
A PETRIFIED MORALITY ABUSES THE PRESENT
WE
MUST NOT STEAL WHAT BELONGS TO EVERYONE
ATHEISM, LIKE GOD, DOES NOT EXIST
   ONLY THEN ARE WE NOTICED BY
THE LEGIONS OF LETHARGIC LIVERS
HOW ARE THE FALLEN MIGHTY!

SO MUCH COURAGE COULD WE SHOW
MANUMISSION THEN IS EMANCIPATION NOW
   IN THE REALM OF THE INSTRUMENTAL,
SO FRESH WITHOUT STALE IDEAS

   RARELY NEED WE NOT CORRECT
THE LIGHT-FINGERED WHO FEEL NO REGRET!
MUST SOCIETY FALL TO SCRIPTURAL PIECES?

ONE WILL WALK HAND IN HAND WITH US
      ACCORDING TO FACT, NOT FAITH,
   CALLING INEQUALITY INTO QUESTION

UNFETTERED BIPEDS
SHARE THEIR WEAL AND WOE WITH
AN 'ALINORMAL' LEFT-HANDER
   CALLING INEQUALITY INTO QUESTION
HOW ARE THE FALLEN MIGHTY!
-- WHERE TRUTH IS WEDDED TO RELEVANCE
ANCIENT IRRELEVANCE IS STILL MARCHING ON
   LONGING FOR A BETTER MILLENNIUM,
      WE
MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF OUR MOVEMENT
A PETRIFIED MORALITY ABUSES THE PRESENT
ONE WILL WALK HAND IN HAND WITH OTHERS
      FOR GOODNESS' SAKE,
   AVERSE TO ANOTHER SUCH ERA

THE FRONTIERS OF MYTH CAN BE ROLLED BACK
   MANY'S THE TIME WE HAVE TOLD
THE LIGHT-FINGERED WHO FEEL NO REGRET
HOW ARE THE FALLEN MIGHTY!

IT HERALDS THE GREAT VALUE SHIFT
ATHEISM, LIKE GOD, DOES NOT EXIST
   SO FRESH WITHOUT STALE IDEAS,
IN THE REALM OF THE ULTIMATE

A NORM-ABIDING RIGHT-HANDER
WINES AND DINES WITH PEOPLE OF PRINCIPLE
      WITH PERFECT HARMONY IN VIEW,
   NOT OUT OF A PASSION FOR POWER

YOU SHOULD NOT MINCE MATTERS
   WEARY OF CARELESS CONDUCT
   AN 'ALINORMAL' LEFT-HANDER
SHOULD PUT HER FINGER ON FALLACIES
WE SHOULD NOT MINCE MATTERS
ONE WINES AND DINES WITH US
      BELIEVING IN EVENHANDEDNESS,
   WITH ALL THIS WEIRD WORSHIPING

HUMANE HUMANS
SHALL NOT VEER LIKE A VANE FOR FASHION
   MAKING INCLUSIVE DISTINCTIONS ONLY,
      A TOLERANT TELLURIAN
RANKS REASON HIGH, RELIGION LOW
THE FRONTIERS OF MYTH CAN BE ROLLED BACK
AN 'ALINORMAL' LEFT-HANDER
SHARES HER IDEALS WITH HUMANE HUMANS
      ACCORDING TO FACT, NOT FAITH,
   NOT OUT OF A PASSION FOR POWER

   BEING AS RESPECTFUL AS REQUIRED,
   WE SHOULD PUT OUR FINGER ON FALLACIES
ONE DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO EXCLUSIVENESS
ANCIENT IRRELEVANCE IS STILL MARCHING ON
   RARELY NEED WE NOT CORRECT
THE PLIABLE WHO DO NOT CARE!

   ACTUATED BY KINDNESS,
   ONE HATES TO TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS
WE JUDGE NO-ONE BY THEIR EXTERIORS
   MAKING INCLUSIVE DISTINCTIONS ONLY,
   YOU ARE LIKELY TO LEARN THIS

THEY WILL WALK HAND IN HAND WITH US
      IN SEARCH OF TRUTH AND RELEVANCE,
   WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR

THE FRONTIERS OF MYTH CAN BE ROLLED BACK
   SUCH IS NOT THE IDEAL OF
THE EMPTY-HEADED, THE EMPTY-HEARTED
HAD WE KNOWN THIS IN ADVANCE ...

                   **

THE HUMAN IN THE STREET
TAKES A LIKING TO YOU
   CALLING INEQUALITY INTO QUESTION
   SPEAKING IN A VERIDICAL VEIN,
      THE HANDICAPPED
LIVE BY PRINCIPLES, IF PRINCIPLED
THE FRONTIERS OF MYTH CAN BE ROLLED BACK

                   **

   RONNIE,
      I
SHUN VALUES AS VESTIGIAL AS THE DEWCLAW
THE FRONTIERS OF MYTH CAN BE ROLLED BACK
WE TAKE A LIKING TO
PEOPLE WITH OPEN HANDS
      EQUALITY FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE,
   WITH ALL THIS WEIRD WORSHIPING

THEY JOIN SIBLINGS OF SIMILAR IDEALS
   FOR GOODNESS' SAKE
WOMEN, MEN, GIRLS AND BOYS
SHARE THEIR IDEALS WITH
A TOLERANT TELLURIAN
      WITH PERFECT HARMONY IN VIEW,
   BEYOND SUPERSTITION

A PETRIFIED MORALITY ABUSES THE PRESENT
   ONLY THEN AM I NOTICED BY
THE TIMOROUS WHO DO NOT DARE
SO MUCH COURAGE COULD I SHOW
YOU LIVE ON A FRIENDLY FOOTING WITH ME
      WITH PERFECT HARMONY IN VIEW,
   AGAINST A GOD BENT UPON FORBIDDING

                   **

   LONGING FOR A BETTER MILLENNIUM,
      PEOPLE OF PRINCIPLE
WILL NEVER FAIL TO NOTICE THAT
ATHEISM, LIKE GOD, DOES NOT EXIST
   IN THESE TWILIGHT YEARS OF RELIGION
      I
MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF MY MOVEMENT
ATHEISM, LIKE GOD, DOES NOT EXIST
   ALONG THE MAINSTREAM MOVE
NIHILISTS OF NO PRINCIPLE
IT SHEDS LIGHT THAT DOES NOT BLIND YOU
   HEEDFUL OF FOULNESS
   ONE OUGHT TO HAVE A GOLDEN THUMB
YOU COULD NOT CONDONE PITILESS CRUELTY

                   **

   FRIENDS IN FINE FEATHER
BETHINK THEMSELVES OF THE FACT THAT
MANUMISSION THEN IS EMANCIPATION NOW
   THAT A TOLERANT TELLURIAN
GAVE THE HANDICAPPED
A HELPING HAND
AND A SONG SO SERENE

   I
REUNITE WHAT TRADITION HAS RENT ASUNDER
MANUMISSION THEN IS EMANCIPATION NOW
A PETRIFIED MORALITY ABUSES THE PRESENT
   IN THE CLOSED SOCIETY THEY STAY,
THE TIMOROUS WHO DO NOT DARE
MORALLY SPEAKING, THAT IS
   THOSE WORTHY OF THEMSELVES
ARE WISE ENOUGH TO BE AWARE OF THIS

THAT EVERYONE RE-VIEWED THEIR WORLD
-- WHERE TRUTH IS WEDDED TO RELEVANCE
      EQUALITY FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE,
   EXCLUDING THE WAYS OF THE EXCLUSIVE
   ACTUATED BY KINDNESS,
   THOSE WORTHY OF THEMSELVES
MAKE THEIR WAY BY FAIR MEANS, NOT FOUL
A PERSON OF 'WISE DOMINION'
DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO EXCLUSIVENESS
   THAT A TOLERANT TELLURIAN GAVE US
A BECOMING LOVE OF INCLUSIVENESS
A REACTIONARY IS TOO RUDE TO REASON
   RARELY NEED YOU NOT CORRECT
COCKSURE BIPEDS IN TRADITION'S FETTERS!
IT HERALDS THE GREAT VALUE SHIFT

                   **

   FLANKED BY THE UNEQUAL,
   THE HUMAN IN THE STREET
HELPS TO BRING THE HAUGHTY TO HEEL
YOU
SHALL NOT VEER LIKE A VANE FOR FASHION
   LET US GIVE HUMANE HUMANS
SOMETHING LASTING ON A SILVER SALVER
   ARE THEY LOOKED DOWN ON BY
THE EMPTY-HEADED, THE EMPTY-HEARTED?
A GOD AND A DEVIL, MY FOOT!

A PETRIFIED MORALITY ABUSES THE PRESENT
   ALONG THE MAINSTREAM MOVE
THE EMPTY-HANDED
HAD THEY KNOWN THIS IN ADVANCE ...

   PREFERRING A LIFE PROPER YET NOT PRIM
   WE ALSO KNOW THAT
THE FRONTIERS OF MYTH CAN BE ROLLED BACK
   NOT GOING AGAINST THE GOOD,
   EVERYONE
HAD BETTER FIGHT FOR WHAT IS RIGHT
YOU JUDGE NO-ONE BY THEIR EXTERIORS
   LET TEN THOUSAND DIGITS GIVE YOU
A HAND
OR A SONG SO SERENE

   AN 'ALINORMAL' LEFT-HANDER
SUBMITS TO PRINCIPLES, NOT PATRIARCHS
HE
MUST NOT STEAL WHAT BELONGS TO EVERYONE
   ON A PLANE DIVINE NOR DEVILISH
      THOSE WORTHY OF THEMSELVES
BETHINK THEMSELVES OF THE FACT THAT
THE FRONTIERS OF MYTH CAN BE ROLLED BACK
   NOT SWERVING FROM THEIR AIMS,
      THEY
LIVE BY PRINCIPLES, IF PRINCIPLED
NO-ONE IS CLAY IN THE HANDS OF A POTTER
   HUMANE HUMANS
SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT
ANCIENT IRRELEVANCE IS STILL MARCHING ON
WE LIVE ON A FRIENDLY FOOTING
      UNSUNG BUT SINGING,
   OPPOSED TO THE LUST FOR THE MOST

SO MUCH COURAGE COULD WE SHOW
-- SO MERRY WITHOUT TURKEYS
ANCIENT IRRELEVANCE IS STILL MARCHING ON
   THAT ALL THOSE WORTHY OF THEMSELVES
GAVE SIBLINGS OF SIMILAR IDEALS
FREEDOM AMONG FELLOW PERSONS
   SPEAKING IN A VERIDICAL VEIN,
      I
AM NOT OUT TO MAKE MONEY HAND OVER FIST
ANCIENT IRRELEVANCE IS STILL MARCHING ON
MANUMISSION THEN IS EMANCIPATION NOW
   MANY'S THE TIME WE HAVE TOLD
THOSE WHO MANIPULATE OTHERS
HAD WE KNOWN THIS IN ADVANCE ...

                   **

   NOT GOING AGAINST THE GOOD,
   WOMEN, MEN, GIRLS AND BOYS
DO THEIR BIT TO BRING JUSTICE ABOUT
   LET EVERYONE
GIVE THE HUMAN IN THE STREET
A SONG SO SERENE
OR A FINGER OF INTEREST

THOSE WORTHY OF THEMSELVES
HATE TO BE BEHINDHAND IN HELPING YOU
      IN SEARCH OF TRUTH AND RELEVANCE,
   WITH ALL THIS WEIRD WORSHIPING

   FRIENDS IN FINE FEATHER
TAKE THE RIGHT TACK OF RELEVANT TRUTH
ANCIENT IRRELEVANCE IS STILL MARCHING ON
THE FRONTIERS OF MYTH CAN BE ROLLED BACK
   TO BE NURTURED ARE THE MINDS OF
THE LEGIONS OF LETHARGIC LIVERS
MORALLY SPEAKING, THAT IS

                   **

   ACTUATED BY KINDNESS,
   PEOPLE OF PRINCIPLE
HATE TO TAKE TO THEIR HEELS
YOU WILL NOT FORGET THE FUTURE
THE HUMAN IN THE STREET
WINES AND DINES WITH
A NORM-ABIDING RIGHT-HANDER
      NOT AVERSE TO PRAISE, PERHAPS,
   AVERSE TO ANOTHER SUCH ERA

   MAY I OFFER PEOPLE WITH OPEN HANDS
A HELPING HAND,
A HAND WITH MYRIAD DIGITS
YOU
BEGUILE NO CHILD INTO BELIEVING TALES
   HOPEFUL OF FAIRNESS
   THE HUMAN IN THE STREET
SHOULD PUT HER FINGER ON FALLACIES
FRIENDS IN FINE FEATHER
WILL NOT FORGET THE FUTURE
      NOT SWERVING FROM MY AIMS,
   I BELIEVE IN IDEALS THAT MATTER
THE FRONTIERS OF MYTH CAN BE ROLLED BACK
   I PITY NIHILISTS OF NO PRINCIPLE
MORALLY SPEAKING, THAT IS
YOU SHARE YOUR WEAL AND WOE WITH
THE HANDICAPPED
      BY ALL MY MIGHT AND MAIN,
   EXCLUDING THE WAYS OF THE EXCLUSIVE

THEY CARE ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF
WOMEN, MEN, GIRLS AND BOYS
      NOT AVERSE TO PRAISE, PERHAPS,
   WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR