Don Mulford, The Flea -- Part Two..The March</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=79.htm>Don Mulford</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>The Flea -- Part Two..The March</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b><b>The day dawned fair, the sun was bright,<br>No clouds to mar the skies,<br>And people came from far and wide<br>With passion in their eyes.<br>They all had answered to the call;<br>They’d all come to display<br>Respect for nature’s lesser lives:<br>They’d make it plain today.<br>They’d show the world respect for life<br>However small it be,<br>For they had come to eulogize<br>The wondrous little flea.<br>The band struck up, the march began,<br>The faithful said a prayer,<br>And off they went t’wards City Hall,<br>Their aim, to meet the Mayor.<br>They’d signed a long petition<br>Filled with names from West and East.<br>It asked that more esteem be paid<br>To this poor wingless beast.<br>The order SIPHONAPTERA<br>Deserved respect, they said;<br>So much maligned by evil tales.<br>The public was misled!<br>But ere they’d marched just two scant blocks<br>A barricade they met.<br>The city’s dogs and cats were there,<br>Each one a much loved pet.<br>They all displayed a collar,<br>Some of red or gold or green,<br>And in this hirsute gathering<br>No single flea was seen!<br>The marchers gasped, the bugles died,<br>The fervent shouts were quelled;<br>They knew at once their march was done,<br>Their ardor was dispelled.<br>The sight of all those family pets,<br>Flea collars well displayed,<br>Had so unnerved the marchers<br>That they left the town, dismayed.<br>And since that bright and sunny day<br>No other word was said;<br>The ones who praised that little flea<br>Now march for ants instead!</b></b></font></p></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk1.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk1.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>