Ode To Victor Hugo-87 'the Miserable' gaggle & Single Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim

by Freeyad Ibrahim

Nearly every retinue of young priest
gaggle of officers
Those with eye to the future
flutter around the illustrious presence
Eager thereby to win his lordships regard
To stand well with the bishop
is t set foot on the ladder of promotion
Fashionable bishops are on excellent terms with the world
Who doubtless know how to pray
But also know how to lobby possessing influence
Happy is he who has their ear
Being men of credit, they can shower fat livings
Myriel, humble penurious, and retiring
Was not among these potentates
A fact which was manifest in the total absence
of young priests around him
No sprouting ambition unwisely sought to blossom in his shadow

FRYAD HUGO