The Voice

The Voice

The ulterior urge within uses
your voice in lobbying on it’s own behalf;
it tempts you to think it’s you

who is whispering confidentially
to your better interest with
the reasons of the moment.

The appealing seducer with inside knowledge,
an almost irrisitable combination of
weaknesses coupled with needs.

It plays to the crowd of wants, wandering
from one to another in search of
just one to push the Do button.

And the listener responds again with
your voice: now dubbed over both parts,
but neither of them are you.

It’s not really an equal battle; for
this desire has definitely acquired
a much more resourceful advocate,

who actually has pretty good reasons,
against the repressive policeman who
counters with variations of no, no, no.

The voice plays to a large audience
and knows intimately what the secret
weakness of each is. The policeman

has to win on all counts; the seducer only once.
This isn’t a democracy; any one want
can push the DO button – it only takes one.

---- Big Frank Dickinson