The Algernon-Gordon Effect (5-7-5 Poem)
Man considered dumb,
Retardation sufferer.
Lost inside the world.
Now science evolves;
Operation makes him smart,
Genius he soon becomes.
Befriends Algernon,
Lab mouse that got changed before him,
Two geniuses.
Scientists use them.
They run away together;
Scared but not alone
Algernon changes,
Charlie brings him back to lab,
Right back to the start.
Algernon goes dumb,
Charlie loses his smarts too.
Right back to the start.
Goodbye Algernon,
Hope I can remember you,
Back at the centre.
He left to go to,
The retardation centre,
Far away from home.
Algernon dies first,
He remembers their friendship,
He does say goodbye.
Smart mouse; his best friend.
Cries as on his grave places,
Algernon's Flowers.
•Poem based and dedicated to book ‘Flowers for Algernon' by Daniel Keyes and to his characters in it, Charlie Gordon and Algernon.
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Algernon
Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his Sister was reprimanded by his Father.
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He pointed it towards his Sister,
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Missed her!
His Father, who was standing near,
The Loud Explosion chanced to Hear,
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For playing with a Loaded Gun.
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To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery.
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The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy.
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Liars need to have good memories.
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While three men hold together, the kingdoms are less by three.
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All the nations they had to deal with, had the same fate.
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Body and spirit are twins: God only knows which is which.
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And so with all things: names were vital and important.
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The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion.
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Everyone sees they cannot well live asunder, nor many together, without some rule to which all must submit.
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Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted.
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Glory to Man in the highest! For Man is the master of things.
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To say of shame - what is it? Of virtue - we can miss it; Of sin-we can kiss it, And it's no longer sin.
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The common Notions of Liberty are not from School Divines, but from Nature.
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'Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.
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God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.
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Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.
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