the means, the ends
the intentions, and bends
manifests unintended and sought
of figures praised and scolded
after the tragedies unfolded
from roads that were taken, and those not.
stephenhsmith 11jun07
the founding fathers look better sans myth
or the varnish of time-worn out fictions
the resulting arrays from their most studied lives
yield nothing but perpetual contradictions
which begs one to ask the most simple questions
have the generations been purposely blinded?
must the complex and strange be reduced to a lie
and distilled for the mass simple-minded?
stephenhsmith 12Jun2007
