Materialism: The Most Dangerous Cat
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
“How scary!” the mousecub says of the rooster’s face,
while it finds the cat’s soft cuddly face “lovely.”
Mother mouse scolds her cub, “don’t be foolish,
it’s the cat that’s dangerous, the chicken is harmless.
The charming cat’s face for us is so wicked
it means your death, you’d better learn that fast.”
Even we clever humans, so talented and skillful,
fall straight into into our own demise shamelessly.
Our hearts inflamed, we worship materialism,
sinking the world in a deadly mire of blood-money.
That’s above all else is the face of great danger
the wicked “cat” that tears humanity to shreds.