CROW'S DEBATE

CROWS' DEBATE


I SAW TWO CROWS DEBATING
THE MERITS OF A PIECE OF BREAD
EACH WOULD PICK IT UP
IMPORTANTLY
AND WALK OFF
LIKE AN OLD MAN
WITH HIS ARMS BEHIND HIS BACK
PUT IT DOWN AND STUDY IT
HEAD COCKED WISELY TO THE SIDE
TILL THE OTHER STOLE IT
TOOK IT AWAY FOR STUDY

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT AMUSED ME
TO WATCH THEM
TWO OLD SCHOLARS
LOOKING FOR TRUTH
EACH ONE CLAIMING IT AS HIS OWN
AS IF TRUTH COULD HAVE SIDES
I SOMEHOW FEEL
THEY WOULD NOT HAVE SHARED THE BREAD
BUT WANTED IT ALL
EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS ENOUGH FOR TWO

I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME MORAL HERE
BUT WHILE I WATCHED
A SQUIRREL CAME BY AND TOOK THE BREAD
CHATTERED WHILE HE ATE IT
LAUGHING
BUT THE SCHOLARS
LONG NOSE IN THE AIR
ARGUED WHO WAS IN THE WRONG








Frank a vollmer