Humility of the Ear
Humility of my ear is great
He is patient and perpendicular
Like a new soldier on attention
In a parade on cold morning
But a dump man he is all times
Even when someone slaps him
The ear listens as people insult
The eyes, buttocks, legs, stomach
In his humility he keeps silent
Like a hunter-crocodile on shores
Not a word from his mouth one hears
If the ear were like the nose
And smells something offensive
It would close immediately
And go on hunger strike all day
But the humble ear is tolerant
If the ear were like the leg
And it is told ‘you twiggy leg’
It could run there like a fox
To stage a war of legs day long
But the patient ear would just listen
If the ear were the mouth
And hears someone insulting him
‘Big mouth, big mouth, smelly you are’
He would open and swallow him alive
But my ear only ponders in silence
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