Not Quite Moriarty
Villains, in real life,
are completely boring.
I was prepared for dastardly plans,
Mustache twirling highbrow egomaniacs-
their goals lofty, their devices fowl, yes, but with a kind of
deadly elegance.
Real life villains employ manipulation
To get out of parking tickets,
they play with the lives of others
by planning the work schedules in a way
that favor some more than others.
Devious energy I can handle,
But not neediness,
and contempt,
and blatant, blatant stupidity that I am
forced to endure while their
clumsy machinations fail to enchant me with their
complete transparency.
I never thought I would be so disappointed
in the nature of evil.
The title is fantastic. Already I have visions of the Moriarty from Sherlock looking with disdain on our real life villains...
ReplyDeleteI think the first 2 stanzas are my favorite. Where is that higher class of villain? The real bad guys in our lives are lame schmucks.
I guess the good news is we don't have to be Sherlock to outsmart them :)
Oh, Moriarty. You just pwn normal villains, but if you didn't have Sherlock to play with, would you still be as fun as you were?
ReplyDeleteI love this poem. Simple, tone laced with anger and disgust--you're so good at that. ;) And that's not an insult! It's the highest form of compliment. hahahaha. <3
Lovely poem. I'm glad that mustache twirling is still considered supervillain-like. You can never get enough of it. Unless it's in real life, because then I'd just have something to aim at when I shoot the mofo in the face. :D