Each, in this world, is entangled

in a chain of chases.

A cat chases an indisposed rat

until it hides in a hole.

The very bossy cat flees at the dog’s bark;

and the very domineering dog

is threatened by a meandering bull,

or another potent dog.

I wonder how quickly our office-bearers,

accustomed to chasing attendants as cats,

are alarmed by the barks of overbearing dogs.

By Anonymous