Poem:

Too much laughter withiut thinking

Of the other person’s tears,

Much bravado with no feeling

For the other person’s fears,

Greed and selfishness excluding

Needs the other person has,

Serve to fray the moral fabric

Our social order shares.

As the dough that welcomes kneeding

And must have the yeast to rise,

That it could be firmer, fuller,

More inviting to the eyes,

So is charity to fortune –

Wealth and comfort, good and well,

Rising to be good and proper,

These must in the end excel.