An Ode To The Fundamentals
In which I mix things up a bit and try something new, to make an old argument in new form - all just for you.
[With apologies to Dr. Seuss]
Behold: The Fundamentals!
They stand as clear as day.
They stand athwart the rebels,
forever in their way.
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Behold: The Fundamentals!
They’re trite, and yet - they’re true!
They’re hated by the busload
By those who love the new.
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For they’re true tomorrow and today
And they were true, too, yesterday.
Their truth stands like a beacon
Showing all the proper way.
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Marriage is the best approach
For most of humankind
All efforts to the contrary
Have left us in a bind.
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You must know how to read and write
And know a great big deal.
Before you can even hope to start
“Critical thinking” to unpeel.
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To stand on giants’ shoulders,
You must climb atop them first.
To keep reinventing every wheel,
Means playing in the dirt.
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Liberty must have order,
Rules enforced and more.
The utopia of chaos
Is but a great big horror.
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For all the criticism it gets,
A “scam” as people tell it.
Democracy has no better friend,
Than truly virtuous merit.
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Feel free to add your own in here,
Your own brick in the wall.
That wall stands firm for generations,
Giving protection to us all.
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And as for critics many,
And rebels far and wide.
I’ve but this pithy message
T’will serve you as a guide.
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You may hate Gd or nature,
Or think me a big jerk.
But deep down inside,
You must admit:
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The Fundamentals work.