Saturday 17 January 2009

Show me your good side

'Show me your good side' is a poem by James Smythe (c) 2009

v.1.

'Good and Evil are present in this world
and between the two there can be no compromise'
These were George Bush's last words
Is this why we are wagging wars around the world?
I will say that there is good and evil in everyone
No one is intrinsically good or evil

So, show me your good side
and I will show you mine.


v.2.

There is good and evil
If you show your good side most of the time
then you are probably good
and If you show your evil side most of the time
then you are probably evil
but no one is intrinsically good or evil

So, show me your good side
and I will show you mine.


v.3.

Show me your good side
and I will show you mine
This presupposes that you need to show me your good side
before I can show you mine
So if you don't show me your good side
I will only show my evil side

So, show me your good side
and I will show you mine.


v.4.

Check out the irony
What do I want to be?
Good or Evil
To be good, I need to show my good side most of the time
I cannot do this if I have to rely on you to show your good side
You can however help me by showing me your good side

So, show me your good side
and I will show you mine


v.5.

I will show you my good side
If it helps you show your good side
because it doesn't matter to me if I show my good side first
and I always want to engage with your good side
If I show my good side and you show your evil side
Remember there is good and evil in everyone

So, show me your good side
and I will show you mine


v.6.

'Between the two there can be no compromise'
Is this the rhetoric of an extreme ideology?
Lack of compromise assumes intrinsic ideology of good and evil
I don't buy that Mr Bush, I think you are wrong
No one is intrinsically good or evil
I want to engage with the good sides of even my enemies

So, show me your good side
and I will show you mine

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