I read Noah brought the animals in;
And with them brought in
All our sins.
But virtues too were marched within,
And ever since we've worn their skins.
The jackal with his wrathful jaws,
Hides behind the jungle laws.
The peacock arrayed in full feathers,
Can hide his pride with his betters.
The snake that dropped from the tree,
Moults rejection with envy.
The toad, the food chain's first to feed,
Like fat cats fill themselves with greed.
The goat devours like the locust,
Feeding on with gluttonous lust.
The smallest snail in silken cloth,
Moves like justice, slow as sloth.
The pig avoids austerity,
While feeding on dignitarities.
Other animals Noah rescued
Saved humanity by their virtue.
The swan disdains adultery
By embracing life-long chastity.
The camel slurping with prudence,
Eludes drought through temperance.
Birds feed their fledgling adeptly
With mouth to mouth charity.
The ****** known to be a nuisance
Will dam your life with dilligence.
The dog whose loyalty is constant
Waits and wags with patience.
A horse that's never riderless
Will run all day with kindliness.
The gentle lamb of allegory
Is Christ-like in humility.
The ark may not be history,
But works explaining humanity
Through eons of mythology.
He didn't really bring them in,
They weren't in danger,
We're in their skins.
The seven deadlies are accepted, but the seven virtues are up for interpretation.
