“Excess” [Sun Tsu series 9 – 17]
Now here’s a part I do not get –
Society has made a bet
That punishment dished out today,
Will bite your ass some other way.Fair-weather friends, we all agree,
Are what we’ll to each other be;
A social-pass dispensed in school
Keeps group cohesion, which is cool.Rewards? Participation’s key –
You win or lose, you still will see
Your feelings quite intact at end;
No need to “Goal-keep” or “Defend”.He says, “Too many” will not work;
They indicate that trouble lurks
Within the ranks – both good and bad;
Excess for both is somewhat sad.“When resource runs out, ribbons share;
Dilemmas? Deep distresses there?
An impasse has emerged for you?
Give out rewards, display your view.“Your troops run out of energy?
Demoralized? Act differently –
In deep distress use punishment;
Keep order, or its banishment –“You’ll face from troops in mutiny,
Who clearly can’t with you agree;
So stick it to ’em, good or bad” –
That’s what the losers do – how sad.I’m cynical of great reward –
I see the power that uses sword
To gain advantage in a scene,
Fends others off – to me that’s mean.But what I’m hearing in this piece
Is, it’s quite common, so don’t cease
To watch around you, there will be
“Excess” in use –Ah! Now I see!Like SVP with skulking chick –
Rewarded for her work in it;
While all along it was her plot,
And that, sweet chickie’s all you got.Rewards like “Status”, “Jobs” and “Meals” –
To hungry troops, it makes them feel
Appreciated by the powers;
But in the end, betrayal sours –Their pseudo-status, when they see
How bad they’ve fared – eventually
The cloak is ripped off phoniness,
And they are left with emptiness.And they were at an impasse then –
The “Straight agenda” would not bend
To their agenda – no resource
To solve it – so “Excess” – of course!And that goes for the negative –
Distress, demoralized they’d to give
A whack at who was close at hand,
Especially if it was a man.Thanks Lord for this.
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