Epigram: Political Reflexion
loquitur the sparrow in the zoo
(i.e. the sparrow is the speaker)
No bars are set too close, no mesh too fine
To keep me from the eagle and the lion,
Whom keepers feed that I may freely dine.
This goes to show that if you have the wit
To be small, common, cute and live on shit,
Though the cage fret kings, you may make free with it.
Howard Nemerov - 1958
...one of my all time favorites....
