Pride
There is a saying that “pride goes before balls” and so true it is,
For how else can the proud’ conduct themselves other than with real balls
The mistaken notion that pride would lead towards a fall,
Remember, is not strictly true of the great Niagara, or angel falls!
Pride is not the monopoly of the humans as can be seen in the
Ever deplored fall of that first born son of our pater aka Yahweh
Some say that it was that event which put the thought of sin into
Eve, and man, what fertile and pristine soil for the wondrous seed
Not ever before Newton had his pate walloped by a falling apple
Had man taken such a mythical and ingeniously designed fall
And come to think of it since the time of the much lamented Newton
Only Sergei Bubka seems to have done it, of course Nixon is excepted
When we have pride we rarely need a bride, for the pride itself
Would be keeping us warm all through the vicissitudes of life
Like our dear bride it could also cause us heart-burn and terror
In the most unforeseen ways and when we have other plans
It’s out of pride that I once footed the bill for the drinking
Bout of my friends and honest, it was not to see them behind bars
Though they accused me of making myself scarce when they
Got into a scrape, I in fact was having a bad time inside laboratory
(There are other names for it too but this one would suffice)
When one is engaged in such scientific work of intimate details
One would neither have the time and patience to engage in warfare
Though at other times the very pride makes me jump into the fray
And get mauled in the process, my pride normally consists in
Perfecting the stamina and competence to run great distances
Once I had to run a mini marathon to get to some place of no
Import other than the safety it provided for my shaking ass
Carefully considered, pride is a good thing to have if you have
Enough dough in the pockets and less stuff inside the skull
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