Says Anderson,
Theosophist:
”Among the many that exist
In modern
halls,
Some lived in ancient Egypt’s clime
And in their childhood saw the prime
Of Karnak’s
walls.”
Ah, Anderson, if
that is true
’T is my conviction, sir, that you
Are one of
those
That once resided by the Nile,
Peer to the sacred Crocodile,
Heir to his
woes.
My judgment is,
the holy Cat
Mews through your larynx (and your hat)
These many
years.
Through you the godlike Onion brings
Its melancholy sense of things,
And moves to
tears.
In you the Bull
divine again
Bellows and paws the dusty plain,
To nature true.
I challenge not his ancient hate
But, lowering my knurly pate,
Lock horns with
you.
And though
Reincarnation prove
A creed too stubborn to remove,
And all your school
Of Theosophs I cannot scare —
All the more earnestly I swear
That you’re a
fool.
You’ll say that
this is mere abuse
Without, in fraying you, a use.
That’s plain to see
With only half an eye. Come, now,
Be fair, be fair, — consider how
It eases me!