ODE TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER

I do not wish to partake of your ignorance and confusion,
I must never grow to accept or become comfortable with incompetence and inefficiency,
Most of all, I must never digest the meal
Of immorality and corruption that is on the menu here.
Neither must I swallow the corrosive of contempt,
Or fall prey to delusions of grandeur,
Or the paranoia that our association breeds.
I must continue to believe you human,
That you are worthy of affection, consideration and respect;
I must cling tenaciously to the doubt your form inspires, But determine, never, never to be like YOU.