Listen to the Parrots

Listen to the parrots--

Parroting the words

Of all the other parrots--

Of all the other birds--

Parroting profusely

All the same refrains--

Parroting the constant patter

In their parrot brains--

Parroting the preaching

From the pulpit to the pews--

Parroting their parents'

And their parents' parents' views--

Parroting their leaders

And their pompous platitudes--

Parroting their peers'

Pretentious attitudes--

Parroting the patriarchs'

Proselytizing that'll

Put your teeth on edge

With their pathetic prattle--

Parroting the poppycock

Of trite pontifications--

Parroting pernicious

And sly manipulations--

Parroting the pretty birds

Whose pageantry and glory

Appeal to their prurient tastes

In each pathetic story--

Parroting the songsters

With parasitic pleasure

And counting out the rhythm

Of every paltry measure--

Parroting the powerful

Whose attacks are so profuse,

Leaving the powerless

Pummeled with abuse--

Parroting with passion

Presumptuous prophesies

With putative contrition,

"Humbly" on their knees--

Parroting themselves--

Together all in sync--

How they love to parrot

So they don't have to think!

(7-19-15) By Bob B