The buzzard never says it is to blame. The panther wouldn't know what scruples mean. When the piranha strikes, it feels no shame. If snakes had hands, they'd claim their hands were clean. A jackal doesn't understand remorse. Lions and lice don't waver in their course. Why should they, when they know they're right? Though hearts of killer whales may weigh a ton, in every other way they're light. On this third planet of the sun among the signs of bestiality a clear conscience is Number One. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL THAT'S PAST by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE ROBERT GOULD SHAW by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE HARP by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE MERRIMAC by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE SOLITARY TOMB by BERNARD BARTON TO SIMPLICITY by MATILDA BARBARA BETHAM-EDWARDS |