Choosing Winners

No, I'm O.K. I haven't drawn a blank
In choosing winners from among the fools,
The squandered talents, atheists, and ghouls.
I do admit I don't know whom to thank
For all the bad advice. So let's be frank:
When you gave up the use of human tools
And joined the Revolution, there were schools
Who praised you, but my heart called you a crank.

The following are things you may resent:
Those rent farmers attempting to evict
You from your home, calling it derelict;
The new sum they demanded for the rent;
Your lack of friendly hands in Parliament;
My choosing winners, leaving you unpicked.