speak easy or not

so you’re on your soap box and I’m on mine
and sometimes we agree. meanwhile,
the fate of the world seems to hang
on the contents of our discussions. thank-
you, nonphosphate detergent containers,
for your support. and when we step down,
triumphant over I’m-not-sure-what, I predict
yet more fighting in the newspaper, some
made up stuff, and a general lack of
peace on earth. nothing new to see, carry on.