June 5, 2006
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The Indispensible Man
THE INDISPENSIBLE MAN
Some time when you're feeling important,
Some time when your ego's in bloom,
Some time when you take it for granted
You're the best man in the room;
Some time when you feel that your going
would leave an unfilled hole,
Just follow this simple instruction
And see how it humbles your soul.
Take a bucket and fill it with water
Put your hands in it up to your wrist;
Pull them out and the hole that remains
Is a measure of how you'll be missed.
You may splash as you please when you enter;
You may stir up the water galore
But stop and you'll find in a minute,
That it looks just the same as before.
The moral of this is quite simple
Do just the best you can,
Be proud of yourself, but remember;
There is no indispensable man.
(Author Unknown)
Comments (1)
Heh. I should add that this pome is riffing on Auden:
Plunge your hands in water
Plunge them in up to the wrist
Stare, stare in the basin
And wonder at what you've missed.
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15551
Tom
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