A Ball of Dung

 I think we need

      to clarify my message to you.

There is a clear difference in the words.

Lets take an example.

Suppose a busy ant

      pushes a ball of dung

      to the sunny side

      of the ant hill.

And suppose the ant

      tells the ball of dung

       to stay there and be quietly nice.

If the ball does stay,

      it is trust.

Now, if the dung ball decides

      that it does not

      like it there

      and lets this be known,

     this is passive resistance.

But if the ball of dung

      wills itself a pair

      of legs and walks away,

       it is active resistance.

The ant, a social animal,

      can tolerate trust

      and active resistance.

Passive resistant is a threatening

      deed undone.

So like the ant I say to you:

      " Stay, trust and shut up,

       or get legs and take a walk. “

No more of this pouting and complaining.

 

Doug Minnis

May 23,2010

 

 

 

 

Notes
This poem has been in my computer for years. It was written to my cat who was a tramp and never stayed home. I left it as I did not like it at the time. When I got it out it was perfect for Big Red the neighborhood cat character. Big Red has an owner and even stays there sometime. More often he is visiting his kingdom.
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