THE ELEPHANT AND THE FLEA

THE ELEPHANT AND THE FLEA

(Capitalism meets Syncretism)

There was a lot of activity at the watering hole

 Wildebeest and zebra and even an Oryx foal

 A flea was being a nuisance, biting at the beasts

      When, a lumbering elephant came into view at the watery feast.

Lots of bickering diplomats banging on the UN’s door

With noisy foreign attaches shuffling on the floor,

One diplomat in particular was making lots of noise

 An important member stood out, with elegance and poise.

The flea started to harangue the giant, with its nasty little bite

But, the leviathan just wandered past not noticing the mite,

The flea got agitated and flew up to his adversaries’ eye

“I have the infections to destroy you; I can even make you die.”

The shouting in the chamber was from the Syncretistic

His Capitalist adversary was omnipotent and totally realistic,

The raging diplomat spat insults into his opponents face

“We now have the capability to put you in your place.”

The flea started to show off with amazing feats of strength

Like jumping into the air up to ten times its body length,

Then it picked a large grain of sand which it carried on its back

“I maybe small but I’m powerful, anyone of you I can attack.”

He boasted of potential nuclear strikes on nearby foreign lands

He didn’t worry about the consequence of blood upon his hands,

“You cannot dictate to us so beware we will do just as we please,

The age of capitalism and colonialism will be brought down to its knees”

The elephant filled his mighty trunk and blew water into the air

So all the creatures not close enough could get an equal share,

He uprooted a tree, scattering leaves and fruit over the arid ground

All the hungry animals ate well after coming from miles around.

The capitalist pointed to his good deeds to help a fellow man

The eradication of drought and starvation being the master plan,

“You obviously have the knowledge, your scientists are bespoke

So why not use your talents to help your country folk?”

The flea could see he was outgunned, so he turned upon the foal

The aggressive little bully, sabre rattling was his goal,

 The elephant wouldn’t see a defenseless animal suffer like that

So he raised his mighty hoof and crushed the annoying flea flat.

The syncretistic threats wasn’t causing the capitalist any hurt

So he angered smaller nations, by threatening to crush them into the dirt,

The capitalist said “I will stop you, with our Allies and with our wealth

Your weapons of mass destruction will be neutralized by stealth”

Phil Hall  July 2013