How many times must I tell you, Dear Mister Justice Scalia: You’d spare us such pain If you’d just entertain This idea . . . (Then you might relax your rigid posture.) You are searching in vain for a bright-line solution To a problem that isn’t so easy to solve— But the beautiful thing about our Constitution Is that, like our society, it can evolve. For our Founders, of course, were great men with a vision, But their culture restricted how far they could go, So, to us, I believe, they bequeath the decision To allow certain meanings to flourish—and grow.
