Wheels of Change [ Revision #1 ], a Revolutionary Rondeau Options

[JustDaniel]

Wheels of Change

A smouldering... a charcoal fire
that heats great iron hoops for tires
to ring the wheelwright's oaken spokes
on circled pine, for working folks
to move with freedom — their desire.

Their taxing load, it seems, inspires
new ways of commerce and requires
a new restraint, a gentler yoke —
a smoldering.

Wheels turn. Some gentry now admire
their revolution, yet the ire
of governance will steep, provoke
still more rebellion as he soaks
them... takes a powder... leaves his pyre
a-smolderin'.

© MLee Dickens'son 18 July 2006

at the wheelwright’s shop in Williamsburg, VA
near the Colonial Governor’s Palace.

Original

A smoldering, a charcoal fire
that heats great iron hoops for tires
to ring the wheelwright's oaken spokes
on circled pine, for working folks
to move with freedom — their desire.

Their taxing load, it seems, inspires
new ways of commerce and requires
a new restraint, a gentler yoke
— a smoldering.

Wheels turn. Some gentry now admire
their revolution, yet the ire
of governance would soon invoke
new fear, tea-off his subjects, soak
them, take a powder, leave his pyre
a-smoldering.

[Guest_Don_*]

Hiya Daniel,

I like your revision more than original. As King George is touted to say upon giving the colonist their leave, "Let us see how they like taxation with representation." I think I like their little tea tax contrasted to our total tax.

Don :)

[JustDaniel]

LOL I wondered about the Boston Tea Party! I didn't say anything for fear of looking silly! Anyway I like the revision. It clarifies things to a 'T'! LOL

Enjoy your theater outing! - Cathy

I'm pleased that you think so, Cat. By the way, there was destruction of tea in other places including Greenwich, NJ (here in Cumberland County), where it was burned in the public square. There is a monument there today. Here is another interesting blurb about the importance of the Last Tea Party and a few of the persons who participated in it.

I like your revision more than original. As King George is touted to say upon giving the colonist their leave, "Let us see how they like taxation with representation." I think I like their little tea tax contrasted to our total tax. - Don :)

I see your point, Don... and in the US of A we've come to be less and less 'represented' by our local, state and federal 'representatives' with each passing year. Most of them are very much a part of the rich who get richer. Few of them do not become millionaires, I'm afraid. Insider trading, permanent medical insurance and ridiculous pensions are stock-in-trade. Power breeds corruption; absolute power breeds corruption absolutely.

not-so-Lightly taxed in NJ, Daniel