A SEMI-REVOLUTION
By Robert Frost

I advocate a semi-revolution.
The trouble with a total revolution
(Ask any reputable Rosicrucian)
Is that it brings the same class up on top.
Yes, revolutions are only the salves,
But they're one thing that should be done by halves.

an answer...by Oscar Williams (I didn't find this online anywhere...I had to dig it out of an old book.."The Silver Treasury of Light Verse") edited BY Oscar Williams

A Total Revolution
(an answer for Robert Frost)

I advocate a total revolution.
The trouble with semi-revolution,
It's likely to be slow as evolution.
Who wants to spend the ages in collusion
With Compromise, Complacence and Confusion?
As for the same class coming up on top,
That's whole cloth from the propaganda shop;
The old saw says there's loads of room on top,
That's where the poor should really plan to stop.
And speaking of those people called the "haves",
Who own the whole cow and must have the calves
(And plant the wounds so they can sell the salves)
They wont be stopped by doing things by halves.
I say that for a permanent solution
There's nothing like a total revolution.

P.S. And may I add by way of a conclution,
I wouldn't dream to ask a Rosicrucian.