By George (burning hard), I Shaw tried to playwright

offers his unsolicited tidbits
as scene courtesy
the following virtually
staged philosophical insight.

Arch back like

a professional ballet dancer

to stand out from other pedestrian applicants

seeking to fill my well-worn shoes

that fit my little feet.

 

Illuminate your soul

via modest communication

sans toe tilly tubular sole full insight

acquired thru being apprenticed

with storied prestigious law firm

of Anne Culle, Achilles Heale,

and Marathon Nike.

 

Keep your nose to the academic grindstone

despite the temptation

to appropriate the international family business

and graduation with supreme accolades

from one unnamed famous father.

 

He forsook frivolity per his peers

in exchange for a stock reputation

of gentility honesty, and integrity

despite his humble roots

as the only male heir

of a Middle Eastern European

Jewish mother and father.

 

They scrimped, saved and sacrificed

scarce resources to set the stage

for this scion of well-deserved

fame and fortune.

 

Never forget those grandparents

whose adherence to work their fingers

to the bone (literally)

allowed, enabled and provided

this founding partner

per the trio of stalwart attorneys

for the underdogs

of the World Wide Web.

 

Match deeds with credo

of obedience to the law

of the land, as epitomized

by Abraham Lincoln.

 

Such obeisance to a democratic dogma

will be firm stepping-stones

to engender and kindle

an Amazon zone of cathartic karma

from paternal persona.

 

Such acquiescence toward morals

of the conscience

(and remembrance of previous generations

blood, sweat and tears)

will serve as intrinsic manna

for clients to clamor

like an unstoppable rolling stone

to seek counsel from one

whose genuine heartfelt equalitarian demeanor

a near perfect recipe for satisfaction

for helping others smooth out

jagged abutments arising in their lives.

 

Rather than lecture and command

with a dictatorial cutthroat reign of terror

(as casually espoused in “The Prince”

by Machiavelli), this democratic,

humanistic, liberal minded

torchbearer of justice advises

active listening (as advocated

by the late Jean Dole,

my renown mentor

from Lima, Pennsylvania),

inculcating intuitive posturing

toward delivering random acts of kindness.

 

This includes offer services pro bono

if an individual, family, municipality,

et cetera appears copacetic

yet struggles against insurmountable

odds from the laugh-in fickle finger of fate.

 

Exemplify by example of zeal

for the underdog

(immersed in some catastrophic series

of unfortunate events)

that money need not be demanded

before the welfare of the downtrodden

(sic – such as the Harns Family

from Penn Valley –

who live among the wealthiest people,

yet feel like outcasts of Poker Flats)

from the mere exuberance

of witnessing an ear to ear

smile of gratitude.

 

Rather than be biased,

inclined to be prejudiced

based on cursory observations

of one or many barely clinging

to the life raft of survival,

I (as a humble human)

encourage a relationship of trust

before casting an indiscriminate eye

toward those less fortunate

to live in the lap of luxury.

 

Luck (or the lack thereof)

an invisible yet potent additive

to this mix for those flush

with disposable income or exiled

to a hand to mouth hardscrabble dilemma.

 

Daily acknowledgement for

ethnic, genetic and quixotic

dice throw of chance in tandem

with loving support of immediate

kith and kin instrumental in keeping

in check bombastically egotistical,

haughtily radical degradation

of fixation of values steeped

in appreciation of aesthetics, beauty,

charm, decency, equality

from gifts hoed inside.

 

Joyfulness keeps love moving

needling offset predilections.

 

Quality rests squarely

upon the pillars of staying

within the bounds of service

to those less able bodied or beset

with untold obstacles that discourage

setting virtue (or the closest approximation

of what that means

to the inquiring mind)

as precedent to blaze a trail

of care and concern.

 

Always maintain benevolent devotion

forswearing greediness.

 

Invoke keepsake mandating

omnipotent natural personal righteousness

to vaccinate yourself against

heinous, nefarious, pernicious,

et cetera rapacious

trapdoors of selfishness.