Cords For The Greatest Good

Woven strands of sentiments
carefully crafted to lasso the greatest good,
summarily altered to fit any need.

A tie when it helps inspire conformity
or a lasso to catch a life,
ready to drag in behind an ambulance
driven by the latest paper monarch
in a parade to honor those
who died from taking medicinal prescriptions,
which were tainted by toxins
ignored in the haste to perfect
one cure for every ill.