A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

The sheep at the ranch were all in a dither.

They had to decide on a leader, and two

Candidates who stood before them

Worked on persuading each ram and ewe

To vote for them to serve as leader.

Working together, succeed they would,

Said one. The other said that if any-

Body could save them, he alone could.

For some odd reason, the second sheep

Won to all the animals' surprise.

The wool was pulled right over their heads

As he continued to propagandize.

"Do not listen to what others say,"

The newly-elected leader declared.

"Evil wolves are out there to kill you."

He was able to keep the sheep scared.

Some atypical sheep were skeptics

And didn't believe the leader's baloney.

The more they heard the leader speak,

The more they thought the leader was phony.

"Something is terribly wrong," they said.

"The leader's garb seems off-kilter.

He cares NOT a jot about us;

What's more, he speaks without a filter."

Gradually, sheep disappeared.

Their whereabouts was a stumper.

Meanwhile, their leader became

Louder, bolder, meaner, and plumper.

The sheep then chose one of their own

To see if the leader had major flaws.

He noticed that under the leader's clothing,

The leader had not hooves but claws!

Many sheep refused to believe

Their ruler was phony and not on the level

And blindly followed the leader's commands,

Basically signing a pact with the devil.

Too late they learned the problem of choosing

A leader filled with distrust and loathing

Who didn’t have their best interests

At heart--in short, a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Ah, poor sheep, if you had been

Careful not to have taken the bait,

You could have spared yourselves much trouble

Long before it became too late.

-by Bob B (12-18-17)