Diogenes and Alexander

Diogenes, philosopher in Greece, was said to be a dawdler. "Devil finds some seedy work for idle hands, don´t fleece our youth!" He saw the walls in people´s minds who all declined his odd and frugal life. He lived on bread and water, beans and fish, without belongings, even without wife. King Alexander promised a free wish: "Ask anything of me, so make your choice!" Got speedy answer: "Stand out of my light." The famous king confessed with lowered voice: "So eastwards now, the Persians I will fight. But if I were no king I´d seek your peace, Diogenes, philosopher in Greece." May 13, 2022 Orphan Sonnet Poetry Contest, sponsored by Emile Pinet Orphan Sonnet with a rhyme scheme of Abab - cdcd - efef - aA, 10 syllables per line in three quatrains, and a final couplet with the last line repeating the opening line.