selected poems of Arlen
Riley Wilson

Hymn to the Democratic Party

		Chicago 1968
		
		The Democratic Party giveth
		And the Democratic Party taketh away.
		Blessed be the name of the Democratic Party.
		
		O donkey-eared Deity, friend of the poor,
		How social is thy security,
		How urban thy renewal,
		How central thine intelligence.
		Thou art the Good Shepherd
		Who knoweth full well
		The uses of sheep.
		O mightiest of fleecers
		How internal is thy revenue,
		How federally administered thy
		Foods and thy  drugs,
		How federally commissioned
		Thy communications.
		
		The party loves me
		This I know
		The precinct captain
		Tells me so.
		Little guys to it belong,
		They are weak but  it is strong.
		Yes, the party loves me,
		Sure, the party loves me,
		You bet the party loves me,
		The Liberals tell me so.
		
		Ass-headed God, have mercy
		Upon me. Thine were the vows
		Of my radical youth;
		Thou wilt not forsake me
		In my mature and responsible
		Old age. Golden-Hoofed Quadroped,
		Look with favor upon me.
		Even as with Abraham and Isaac
		Have I  offered unto thee my sons
		Upon the altar of Obedience.
		Of the first fruits of the heathen
		Have I made thee burnt offerings.
		
		Yea though I  walk through the valley
		Of the shadow of slump I shall fear
		No recession. Thine initials
		And thine agendas they comfort me.
		Thou preparest before me a  table
		In the presence of Republicans.
		Surely welfare and relief checks
		Shall follow me all the days of my life,
		And I shall dwell in Public Housing forever.
		
		
		
		     Amen.
		
		
		
		





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