Noblesse Oblige Poem by Hannington Mumo

Painstaking plumes of surest gait
To wield diamond steel over fate;
With slow pair of wit-guarded lips,
As otiose words sway great ships.

Invincible flair and exacting knack
To stand out from the frothy pack;
Ochred with rare blue-penciled skill,
For nabob's dimwits may mimic still.

With the far-scanning aquiline eye
That fowls unborn miles like a spy;
Plus an ear for tiniest voices tuned,
For idlest vowel by vagaries ruined.

Gigantic empathy for pinched souls
Hewn down by lot's inclement fouls;
Felt tear for fellow wayfarers stung
By blunt luck's blade rashly swung.

A little but constant sacrifice betimes,
For bereft chum eschewed by dimes;
Or even total strangers in want of bail
Out of a jinx along existence's icy sail.