Manipulation
Is not brave nor
Laudable despite
What ends are won
It is the basest
Sign of bright mind
Manipulators
When they are found
Can be left to take
Nature’s well trod
Path to corruption
Or be pulled out
Illumination
For the chosen
May save a few but
Who will keep the
Light bright and shining
On the truest
Historically
All ivory
Tower builders have
Had failures and
Allowed corruption
Into their ranks
Organically
Grown ivory
Towers can learn and
Fight infections
But risk becoming
The malady
Indisputable
Core values may
Provide a tower
With a backbone
But corruption
Can cling to bones as
Well as the pure
Eventually
Rejection from
Corrupted towers
Becomes a way
To select the good
And the moral
3-11-2016
Copyright © 2016 Jonathan Hart
#songwrds #writing #poetry
Note on the title: These words could easily be used to support corruption, all one would need to do is falsely associate a non-corrupt organization with one of the corrupted types in the song, then use that as a cornerstone to recruit bodies for less than moral activities that would be “justified” by the false association with one of the examples in the poem. The non-corrupt organization could then be driven towards corruption as the original liar grew in strength and standing with each recruit. Which brings me to the reason why I would copyright a poem with this type of subject matter. It is because I know that there are many forms of corruption, and there are as many wearing suits as there are in tie dye shirts or hipster beards. Of course, since I added this explanation, lest it be interpreted as a challenge, I should note that I have not licensed the use of this work to any party, nor have I any intention to without several security measures such as notarization of the agreement, and my own public publishing on this page of a pgp signed acknowledgement of the agreement using the key associated with the following public key.
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