“The Knife and Fork Degree”

I don't attend the meetings,
        for I've not the time to spare.
But every time they have a feast,
        you'll surely find me there.

I cannot help with the degrees,
        for I do not know the work.
But I can applaud the speaker,
        and handle a knife and fork.

I'm so rusty in the ritual,
        that it seems like Greek to me,
But practice has made me perfect,
        in the Knife and Fork degree.

found in "Fraternal Poetry and Prose," 1950.

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