I'm just a mediocre man <br /> Of no high-brow pretence; <br />A comfortable life I plan <br /> With care and commonsense. <br />I do the things most people do, <br /> I echo what they say; <br />And through my morning paper view <br /> The problems of the day. <br /> <br />No doubt you think I'm colourless, <br /> Profoundly commonplace; <br />And yet I fancy, more or less, <br /> I represent the race. <br />My name may stand for everyone, <br /> At least for nine in ten, <br />For all in all the world is run <br /> By mediocre men. <br /> <br />Of course you'll maybe not agree <br /> That you are average, <br />And unlike ordinary me <br /> You strut your little stage, <br />Well, you may even own a Bank, <br /> And mighty mergers plan, <br />But Brother, doff your tile and thank <br /> The Mediocre Man.<br /><br />Robert William Service<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-mediocre-man/
