A Nobody

Why weep
why mourn
why complain?--
because a somebody
has kicked the bucket.

Only yesterday,
a man, like you and me,
was being devoured by vultures.
 We all saw the sordid sight
and remained unruffled, unperturbed, unconcerned,
because a nobody was involved.

But today
we are all wailing;
we have declared
a special holiday--a national mourning day,
because a somebody
has passed away.

God created man
and made them equal
but man created class
to exploit his fellow man