Henchman

Stranded

In a life in which your struggle for acceptance

Is a never ending chore

Upbraided

For your actions past and present and rewarded for the ideas

Of the future's bright open door

The henchman

Is the human analogue of the suffering multitudes

Who like good dogs sit and lick for their reward

So what good advice have I got for you

To insure against your likely metamorphosis into this reprobate?

Don't be a henchman

Stand on your laurels

Do what no one else does and praise the good of other men

For good man's sake

And when everyone else in the world follows your lead

(Although a cold day in hell it will surely be)

That's when the entire world shall live in harmony

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