I Hear The Claim Made

I hear the claim made time and time again 
that there is a little good in everyone; the 
trick (they say) is but a play on words - a 
knowing where to look. And in that view a 
seeker finds the proof of all things good, 
an omen of the simple in a universal truth.

I’ve looked - and plainly found a vacant lot of
little use, an empty space that might contain
ideas of what is good, or not, or met with force
that sullied raw and hot - a disabused view that
good was good for only goodness sake but what
of it that has a wicked end of personal gain?

The good is there for all who seek and thus
obtain a lien of coin; but no gain no pain no
aerie good to find or fit a want of it. But good 
is just and good is right and good is there to 
be defined in ways a seeker’s eyes inflame the 
plight of any whom it might slightly benefit!
© 23 May 2007, I.D. Carswell