On the burning road, the man did toil
His sweat and tears, the earth did spoil
Never resting, always pushing on
His weary spirit, his strength all gone
And there, in the distance, a fat, stupid ass
Grinning at him from a green place, alas
The man cried out in rage and despair
But the ass only grinned, without a care
\"Do not deride me, fool!\" the man cried out
\"I know you, with your greed and selfish clout
Stuffing your belly, burying your heart
In grass and tender sprouts, tearing them apart\"
But the ass only grinned from the green place
Unmoved by the man\'s anger and disgrace
For what did the beast care for the man\'s strife
When all it desired was a simple, carefree life
And so the man toiled on, with a heavy heart
Realizing that the ass was not too smart
But perhaps, in its foolishness, it had found
The secret to happiness, on solid ground. (\"A Fat Ass\") by Courtney Weaver Jr.