Human is it to humour

If lesser chimps bow, trail alpha male’s tail, A filly fawns on husky horny stags, Show willing hinds to a dominant male, And paupers if please podgy money-bags, Man, an attired ape, bows to brawn and brain, Piles pains ‘pon him to please power-wielding pelf, A smarmy spoon knows not enough restrain, And flatters far down to his puny self. If a man no whit more than a proud toad Pretends to be an alpha lion king, He knows more than enough, it's far too odd, A cat as cringes in a circus ring. To bow to hefty weight as human is, Humouring the lofty heights so does please. __________________________________________ Sonnet |02.06.2009| humour