Dumb It Down



Intellectual weaklings multiply their breed.
Dumb it down, end the frown,
teach them how to read.

Intellectual weaklings give scruples a shove.
Dumb it down, end the frown,
teach them how to love.

Intellectual weaklings simply want to gloat.
Dumb it down, end the frown,
teach them how to vote.

Intellectual weaklings create zilch to share.
Dumb it down, end the frown,
teach them how to care.

Intellectual weaklings quickly aim to shirk.
Dumb it down, end the frown,
teach them how to work.

Intellectual weaklings jabber mindless jive.
Dumb it down, end the frown,
teach them how to strive.

Intellectual weaklings wobble on the brink.
Dumb it down, end the frown, teach them how to think.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme aBa cBc dBd eBe fBf gBg hh
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 670
Words 117
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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