Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Rod Usher - "Asms v. Isms"

Stand up for iconoclasm, orgasm, phantasm,
Down with fascism, nihilism, gism,
It's better to leap a chasm
Than confront a schism

An asm is asmuch
As an ism isminimal
Heroism's exceptional
Philistinism's criminal

True, prisms are pure
Spasms are a shudder
And Ismalia may be as inviting as Asmara
But most isms are ripe for criticism:
Introverted, Selfish, Mean
Whereas asms come acronymbly across as:
Able, Soft, Mindful

Marxasm might have made it
Capitalasm has more onomatopoeia
Catholicasm is almost credible against
Narcissism, egoism, that anachronism onanism

Put it this way:
If you were dying
Would you want a transfusion
For plisma or plasma?