The Point

When you’ve got a point to make
You have a lot of choices:
Serious, sarcastic, scathing –
You can pick your voices.

If you choose satirical,
You’ve gotta have some guts,
‘Cause many people you’ll offend –
No ifs or ands or buts.

Tonight I saw a play that really
Nailed the tongue in cheek;
Broaching history in minstrel guise
Was quite unique.

It was a very clever means,
Though some might be defensive,
To show the awful ways that people
Act when they’re offensive.

The goal was reached with song and dance,
For tragedy, so rare;
The audience sure got the point –
And I’m glad I was there.