day NINE HUNDRED and EIGHTY SIX

#cancelled

it seems to me

that the only ones complaining

about so-called cancel culture

are the little white men

with fragile egos

so used to being masters of the universe

that they can’t stand that someone

who doesn’t look like them

might not like the same shit that they like

and might take exception

to the way they’ve been depicted

in something that these little fellows

always assumed

to be the accepted cultural norm

or artistic canon

and these little white men

they act like slapped socialites

when someone voices a differing opinion

or a criticism

about some comedian

or some poet or some musician or actor

that they’ve held on a beloved pedestal

or treated like a god

and these little white men

take to the internet

with all of their little white men sycophants

(and, sadly, yeah, a few little white women too)

like great defenders of the first amendment

attacking anyone who disagrees

with their sacred and holy opinions

with the verve of nazis on a book burning bender

with a passion that one wished they could find

in all of the art that these wannabe vanguards

have put out

into a complex

and multifaceted world

that they’ve failed to understand

from the start.

--John Grochalski