Careful What Boon You Re Pickin Poem by Sidi Mahtrow

hey boss
its me again

was just enjoying
an old book with
leather cover
bout a famous knight
who changed
the world

its a story about
an old man
bent by age
mounted on his charger
who approached
the windmills of change

he was not poor
by the time s measure
but he having spent
too long in study
forgot that to change
the world about
one must do more
than rant and shout

claiming he would save us all
he took to the challenge
and many a fall
for he failed to see
that much was wrong
with the economy

with his trusty aid
mounted on an ass
he raised his lance
and ventured forth
not content with the comforts
of his castle
he meant to change
the world about
without expecting
a disastrous hassle

while his bones suffered
from the falls
he continued to promise
his follower much

the poor fool was
to pay for it all
in blanket parties
and a drubbing here and there

he continued to follow
his leader because of
promises that
his sons and daughters would be
from poverty made free

in the end
as the book tells
following a cause
is sure to be dangerous to those
who don t understand
the ways of man
especially those
trying to follow a foolish plan

so with many a promised boon
from the man in power
the follower arose
at an early hour
to escape without paying
the due
for the lodging of
knights not a few
only to discover
as others before
found many
a surprise to be in store

his boss
unable to distinguish between
men and sheep
was thrust into problems
very deep
and paid the price
exacted or extracted
from his hide
and that of his loyal follower
when he
traveled alongside
the master planner
who maybe
had in mind
his own vision of plunder

the old boy found
a resting place
the asylum or house
was his final disgrace

while cervantes is regarded as one
who brought the crusades
to an inglorious end
others continue to seek
other s money to spend

the moral being
as that hussy would say

careful what boon
your re pickin

as told by archy the flying cockroach

(In memory of Don Marquis)