Ratty
Poor old Ratty, how I love thee
Undeserved, is the reputation that precedes you
You’ve gone and got yourself
Spreading wildfires of disease, for being
Such a magnificent, beautiful, little meddlesome creature.
Born like all - life forms
Naturally, upon these manifested planes
Of illusionary and misguided perceptions
Of what is, and is not the truth
Of realistic, representative values.
Mankind, has always, had habitual inconsistencies
Blaming issues, continually, upon others
Irrespective of facts and realities
Fairness and equality, to all other life forms
Living wishfully, in peaceful harmonies upon this world.
In fact, it wasn’t poor old Ratty’s blameworthiness
Dubbing his species, with the labelling, pest, or vermin
When factually, it was us, that's the invader
Reducing thoughtlessly, in exponential expansions, across territories of every species, known to mankind
Tarnished with the same brush and stupidity, in killing poor old Ratty’s, natural predators.
I look forward to the day when so-called humanity looks back, heads bowed in unforgivable shame
The perpetrators, in reckless thoughtlessness and behavioural issues;
We’re the plague, the scourge, upon the earth;
And maybe, just maybe, while our species suffer futuristically from world mismanagement
In realising our foolishness, inappropriate behaviours, we sincerely apologise, to Poor old Ratty!
© 2019 Clive Norman
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