Still A Rat.

You have become too much of a pedagogue

Or worn the skirt of and executive

You have become a  mechanism in the works

Of the State

And your glasses wear a smile.

This is what they told you

To find a place in the procession

And to do as all the other do

To perform to the ends of time

Because of customs which rules the day

And what you see the others doing

Must be the right thing to do

Never mind the pangs of conscience

Or the signs of a revolt

Or the urges of your passion

You are told just to comply

So as not to rock the balance

Be responsible, be respected

Be accepted like a rat.

 

Alfred Grech.

05.03.2021