Human Nature Doesn't Change Poem by David Welch

I.
Connor's planned community was built to become
the first example of a brand new breed.
Each person would give by their ability,
each would get just what they'd need.

He would show the whole of the world
that finally, at long last, it could be done.
Others had failed with people flawed,
but he had chosen all the right ones.

But soon the janitor wanted to have
what the doctor for his work received.
When Conner pointed out the doctor's skill,
Janitor claimed it was a case of ‘need.'

So did the cook, the farmer, and the guard,
they wanted all a six-figure pay day.
Conner took from the doctor to satisfy them,
so the doctor up and walked away.

Conner exhorted all to the take only
rhe things they ‘needed' to survive.
A few held true, for a week at least,
but then the ‘needs' all piled up high.

When Conner tried to dictate to them
his followers all revolted quite fast,
dispersing back into the real world,
the perfect community just didn't last.

Poor Conner was left alone, dead broke,
his once might fortune drained away.
He learned the hard way a fact well known:
Human nature, it just doesn't change.

II.
Erin liked to march proclaiming to men
how to behave alongside strong females.
In L.A. she met up with a big Hollywood man
who pledged to help her make the sale.

He said all the right words and he gave
money to charities supporting the cause.
Then after six years of fighting ‘the fight, '
it came out that he had trouble with laws.

Specifically, the kind that clearly say
that workplace power cannot be used
to trade with young girls auditions for sex,
constituting sexual abuse.

But word came out and all saw that
for years people had cowered in fear,
letting him prey on powerless teens
lest he go and destroy their careers.

Down to dust came his big studio,
taking down Erin's charity too.
How could he have done this to teenagers
after all the 'struggle' they'd been through?

The answer, it came from her brother
who flew to help her from a red state,
He shook his head and said to her:
"Could've told you it would end this way.

"Those who cannot attract by wit or charm,
the failures who can't get the job done,
often seek out more ‘creative ways'
of making sure they can get some.

"And in this town you've made your home,
no greater power can ever be seen,
then the man who makes starlet's famous
and puts their pretty, little heads on-screen.

"And if you've got yourself a beta male,
he'll see that as his path to getting laid.
You thought PC words would break a sex drive?
Hah! Human nature, sis, it doesn't change."

III.
Enrique believed in the candidate Jones,
who championed causes he favored.
He signed up to help the man's campaign,
for a new tomorrow he labored.

It was hard work, the calls and the shouts
of the other side, so coldly 'fascist.'
But Enrique kept on pushing, it had to be done,
they'd get no better chance than this.

Against all the odds, Jones won by a hair,
and the drinks were poured at his HQ.
Enrique toasted to a better world,
proclaiming ‘the fascists' were through!

When Senator Jones moved to Washington DC
Enrique waited to see the change come.
But months went by and he heard nothing,
no spoils of the victory hard won.

He e-mailed often to learn of progress,
but form letters were all Jones returned.
Then two months in Jone's went back on
a big promise, and Enrique felt burned.

It only got worse as the weeks went on,
Jones seemed content to walk Washington's scene
He went to the right parties, diddled the interns,
and forgot all about strong words of dreams.

Enrique fumed, and spoke of betrayal,
but his girlfriend said, "They're all the same.
Politicians are addicts to power and illusion,
Human nature, it just doesn't change."

IV.
Freddy was a man in love with his wife,
she'd been his six years to the day,
when word came that his firm was downsizing
and Fred's sweet lawyer-job went away.

At first she smiled, and comforted him,
saying she'd stand there by his side,
that something better would soon turn up,
that this was just a short bump on life's long ride.

But weeks went by, and then passed months,
and the firms, they just weren't hiring.
Freddy grew depressed, what else could he be?
He was a lawyer going broke, perspiring.

And worse still his wife went out each day,
saying she was doing social work ‘with the girls.'
And each day she returned smelling as if
somebody had just rocked her world.

One cloudy day he followed her out,
trailing her to a condo downtown.
His old boss met her there at the door,
and Fred's wife, his arms wrapped around.

He confronted her that night, expecting a war,
but she didn't shout, or even try to deny.
"You've been so lifeless since you lost your job,
I just needed to finally feel alive! "

Fred stared in shock, not wanting to hear,
noting she never once said "I'm sorry."
Within two months their marriage was done,
and she was his ex-boss's new hussy.

Fred moved away, he found a new job
and was doing for himself quite well.
He dated again, but did they love him,
or his money? He never could tell.

So one day he went out with a cute girl
and told her he cleaned toilets for his pay,
As her friend ‘called' with an ‘emergency, '
he watched her quickly scurry away.
He said, "Human nature, it just doesn't change…"