Digging up Jane Austen (32)

Digging up Jane Austen

1

To begin with human thinking

Is to stare down a dark drain

In the shadow of corruption

In some previous domain

Beginning with a flower

That blossoms on a tree

Smelling much like power

That is far from being free

I’m digging up Jane Austen

Hoping she will lead the way

With the ethics in her novels

We need desperately today

2

Since the day of our corruption

That took place centuries ago

Our gift for rational thinking

Equals that of a scare crow

Forget about our theories

Sailing with so much pride

And consider for a moment

What an iceberg may divide

I’m digging up Jane Austen

Hoping she will lead the way

With the ethics in her novels

We need desperately today

3

There is always tradition

And religion that is sound

Having been around for ages

And to peace and love is bound

Compared to evolution

That is clearly all around

By keeping thinking simple

We remain on safer ground

I’m digging up Jane Austen

Hoping she will lead the way

With the ethics in her novels

We need desperately today

4

So what about our values

And our ethics from the past

I suggest we ask Jane Austen

If we can wake her at last

She really is the expert

And the leader in this field

Divorced from liberal thinking

That has nothing good to yield

I’m digging up Jane Austen

Hoping she will lead the way

With the ethics in her novels

We need desperately today

The End

© Frankie Spiritu