While it's true
that if Hitler hadn't done
all that
orchestrating-mass-murder stuff
he'd be more widely-regarded
as a hero today
for first lifting
millions of Germans
out of poverty
it's still ill-advised
to quote him
(and even Gandhi
had a few questionable views
though he did stick to
that whole "deliberately avoiding
senseless violence" thing
which certainly
helped his image)
and probably most especially
if you're running
a Christian children's ministry
in Alabama
that aims to help
impoverished kids
even if that quote says
"He alone
who owns the youth
gains the future."
Luckily they did
recognize their mistake
after three days
but they probably
need a better
outdoor advertising publicist.
Even "Hussein" Obama
is probably a better
more moral person
from whom to pluck
an inspirational quote.
(The Son of God
may be everywhere
but frankly
after two thousand years
he's tired of doing ad copy.)
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
