The Grasshopper & the Ant

by
Phil Cerasoli

I’m thinking that maybe Aesop had it wrong....




      THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT:
      (With apologies to Aesop)
      by Phil Cerasoli

      Once there was this grasshopper
      Who loved to play all day,
      Or lay beneath the warming sun
      And dream the hours away.

      While his friend...a little ant,
      Would work the whole day through
      To round up all the food he could;
      His stockpile grew and grew.

      And he would chide the grasshopper
      With words of sound advice:
      "The summer's almost over
      And soon the snow and ice...

      Will cover all the land around
      And there will be no food.
      You'll spend each and every day
      In a cold and hungry mood".

      The grasshopper just smiled at him
      And kept on with his play;
      Then he lay back and dreamed some more
      And this went on each day.

      But soon the summer faded
      And snow began to fall.
      Then hunger hit the grasshopper
      But there was no food at all.

      But he refused to panic
      He didn't rave or rant.
      He just hopped down the icy road
      And ate his friend, the ant.

      MORAL:
      It's nice to be methodical
      'Til all the work is gone.
      But, in the end, the pragmatist
      Is just the dreamer's pawn.

      Copyright 2001 - Phil Cerasoli

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