Trolley Poem

The Trolley Problem

Most people, they say, will turn from the five
onto the one.
I'm sure they're right.

Most people got no idea about railroading.
Don't know how to start one, don't know how to stop.
But they'll turn on you.
Bystanders. Most People.
Standing by to run you down.

Most people will raise your taxes.
Most people will take your house for a ball park.
Most people will send your boy to die in a foreign war just because
they think they might see something,
way down the road,
they'd rather not run into.

Most people stick to the main line.
Most people don't trust the one.
What's he doing out there,
on his own track,
outlying?

So they'll grind that one under
and won't think twice about it.

Most people can do the math.