The 'Honourable'

He has been talked about before
Yet in ways that we do not see 
He remains the same
He is no longer fat or flabby
or is he?
Nay
He is no longer bald headed or greasy
Neither does he dress in oversize suits
and multi colored shoes

The honourable
Hmmm
He is slim now
Fit actually
So they say
Sometimes spotting a beard
sometimes dying his grey hair
Yes
'He' might even adorn Angela Merkel's style
Smart, sexy
Even eloquent

Yet that is as far as it goes
The honourable has remained true
A constant constant
He changes - but a little
only to remain the same
The aesthetics
And the age

He is honourable
Who cant wait in line

Ignores the traffic lights
Those are for mortal men
He has to go
 His honourable work demands it
A newspaper to read
An allowance to collect
A journalist to impress
A breakfast to catch
before committee begins
in the air conditioned rooms

Oh and he is too honourable
to sit at the back
of the Chapel
No -
It will not look good
So he displaces me
The early morning bird surrenders its worm
that favorite seat at the chapel
Even before the eyes of the Almighty
Where the pulpit guys talks about Equality
About no Greek, no Jew
the honourable still receives the communion before i do

For he makes a huge pledge
before the eyes of all
What difference does my tithe make anyway?
He is the honourable
His suits and vehicle and fart say so

I withdraw before i am seen
or heard
I make excuses for his delay
At my village meeting
and he has to speak longest 
at my father's funeral
and we ought to bury quickly
He has to return to his work
A pork joint and  cold beers 
with peers

He is 'honourable'
My foot