Human Vanity

His gait is ponderous
made so by his prodigious
size, necessitating that he
trundle from side to side
with a practised deliberation
a delicate operation in view
of his height and his girth
stomach proceeding well
before him like a marcher
in a national day parade
lofting forward in patriotic
pride his nation's flag. This
young man's flag is the
Achilles heel of his timed
lifespan. Yet he evinces the
normal human conceit of
personal pride, lavishly
anointing himself with 
perfume, its scent too
marching proudly before him.