Human is it to humour

If lesser chimps bow, trail alpha male’s tail, If a filly fawns on a horny stag, Show her willing hind to dominant male, If paupers please a podgy moneybag, Man, an attired ape, bows to brawn and brain, Pour pains on him to please power-wielding pelf, A creepy spoon knows none of due restrain, And flatters fat pockets for puny self. A man no whit better than a proud toad May pretend t’be an alpha lion king, Yet if knows not enough that it's too odd, He’s a cat that cringes in circus ring. To bow to hefty weight as human is As humouring lofty heights as to please. __________________________________________ Sonnet |02.06.2009| humour