09-12-2023, 07:07 AM
(09-12-2023, 05:00 AM)Tiger the Lion Wrote: KhepriReally enjoyed this one, Tiger. Last line left me in delightful quandary, since reading about the dung beetle in your poem made me feel that I’m not more valuable.
Look at the dung beetle;
pushing his little ball of shit
in a perfect straight line
whatever obstacle or incline
might tempt him to veer.
The Milky Way his map,
his intent both simple and alien--
his godlike will
once worshipped.
Are you not more valuable than he?
*** with appropriate credit to Matthew 6:26