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Activism

two poems by Bob Markey
with cartoon by John Ambrosavage


A FOLK SONG FOR HARD-CORE ENVIRONMENTALISTS

The morning sunshine
   in our window
   wakes us warmly...
   makes us happy,
   oh so happy!

Showers at noon bring
   floods soon after,
   making us so
   unhappy, oh
   so unhappy!

Weatherman, relent!
   Heed this warning
   about global
   warming: make us
   happy, or else...

we'll waterboard* you
   with a fire hose
   up your nose which
   we suppose will
   leave you... yes, oh
   so unhappy!

*
CIA-approved "non-
torture" method of
persuasion.




POLITICAL ACTIVISTS

All hail the wisdom of
those who take the road most
frequently travelled by.

They let political
crazies on the fringes
duke it out allowing

the wise guys to choose whose
party will act in their
self interest. Centrists form

the two major factions.
neither hard left nor right,
they lean mostly toward

personal pocketbook
values... are unconcerned
about anything else.

They love cruises, camping
trips, Vegas "vacations"
at ol' Midget Widget's

(deductible) expense...
and hope the award plaque
names are correctly spelled

this year. The "in your face"
crazies don't "do" cruises,
camping or conventions...

are too busy planning
new demonstrations and
clever slogan ideas.

The groups are comprised of
non-negotiators
who will never pass a

piece of legislation
because their passion gets
in the way. But they will

scare hell out of middle-
of-the-roaders whose fear
fraught support can win an
   election for you.◆


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