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In Other Words

And therefore I demand a word,
A message to This Glorious Nation.
I crave the right of being heard
On Conservation.

On Conservation: Not of trees
Of waterways, or fish, or horses—
Of something greater far than these:
Human Resources

Resources wasted in campaigns,
In oratory dry and juiceless.
The waste of energy and brains
Strikes me as useless.

For him I’d vote who said “Enough!
I scorn the terrible traditions
Of the campaign. I leave that stuff
To politicians.”

That’s all. I might do five or six
More stanzas, but I find it dreary.
Do you care much for politics?
They make me weary.

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