HOME BODIES

  

Small countries have less people to command.

Although they have machines to get things done,

They choose to do all of their work by hand.

These people study death and stay at home;

Their boats and carriages rust in their yards;

Their weapons gather dust on armories’ shelves.

Their body language speaks instead of words.

Content to be no more than what they are,

They don’t compare their neighbors to themselves.

They don’t believe the news that they have heard.

Though dogs may bark and cocks may strut and crow,

They don’t complain or seek to peek and pry.

How can they know what others seem to know?

How can they see with someone else’s eyes?