A Moral Sonnet

A Moral Sonnet A big crow and a sparrow which had painted itself In the colour of the big bird to appear masterful became Good friends as the both suffered from bombastic Self-believe and they make a pact to kill the ageing eagle And his brood the did and by doing so killed millions of lesser Birds which in despair turned and pecked each other The sand became rubicund and from a distance looked like A carpet for kings and potentates From the eastern states, vultures came to feed and defend To get the big crow and the pretend one, off their land The crow flew home the false one had a mud bath to look Like common sparrows but is of no avail the sparrows that Had danced with the crow was shunned and travel from Country to country and is sleepless in expensive houses-.