Lawrence Hall, HSG
A Small-Minded Man
Oh, yes, I am a very small-minded
man
Whose horizon stops at the
apple trees
Whose vision is much upon
the little things:
A tiny snail upon a
pepper-plant leaf
A placid rabbit nibbling
at the lawn
A squirrel feasting on his
daily grains and seeds
A bluebird shyly hiding among
the oaks
A mockingbird mocking all
the rest of us
No grand visions for me; I
will not leave
Small villages of dead bodies
and wicked smoke
The rotting bodies of children
and animals
Cratered cities of bomb-blackened
ruins and stench
I promote no world-changing
master plan -
Deo Gratias, I am a very small-minded man
