Unguibus Et Rostro Poem by ENOCH JOHN

Transformed into a complex jungle,
the modern world,
Because of the ubiquitousness of folly,
And fools seeking praise even in high places,
Has spawned those who seek a template for success.

Unguibus et rostro
Coaxing some, and kicking the others
that's the master politician at work,
In the parliament to get his bill passed,
But then, even in mundane life, the housewife, too
Or the superintendent sometimes to this tactic resorts;
coaxing some, and kicking the others.

Along life's highway the human wrecks,
the decadent, strewn there as mere victims;
the general in the trenches, to gain the victory, or
the big boss on Wall Street to collect his huge income and superannuation,
coaxing some, and kicking others.
Some laughed with glee, others wept in despair-
This then is the way of the wolf,
the wolf who leads his pack on Wall Street.