I've seen grown men come to blows over football which goes to prove after all <br />That what to many seems an unimportant thing to some doesn't seem so small <br />Suppose 'tis what you feel motivated by and where your interests lay <br />And some of us live for others fame or so 'twould seem that way. <br /> <br />I've seen two women in their twenties brawl over a man they kicked, punched and pulled hair <br />And when separated had to be restrained and at each other did swear <br />Such anger in the name of love that to violence drove them to <br />By such shameless behaviour one might feel convinced that men were only few. <br /> <br />I've seen men in their prime over the ownership of a glass of beer grapple on a bar room floor <br />As if the prize they fought for were worth a million bucks or more <br />For their stupid behaviour one might blame the demon drink <br />Though some men's bodies fast to re-act whilst their brains <br />are slow to think. <br /> <br />I've seen neighbours in a court of law in a dispute over a boundary fence <br />For a few inches of ground on either side it does not make much sense <br />That they gave thousands to lawyers to fight their cases seems ludicrous to me <br />Suppose it goes to prove when all is said how silly some can be. <br /> <br />I do not even try to understand the ways of humanity <br />For I have seen the strangest things that one might wish to see <br />Over the simplest matter I've seen once friends disagree <br />And the strange workings of Human Nature seems far too big a thing for me.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-ve-seen-3/
