Ode to the Prospective Mason - © 2008

So you want to be a mason

Of the speculative kind

Please don’t let me sway you

We like you to know own mind

Yes we have our secrets

That we’re sworn to keep

But in due time you’ll know them

If you take the leap

We are monster or ogres

It is not the way we strive

But once you come on over

You will make new friends for life

We do a lot of unsung work

Of the charitable kind

It’s mainly what we are about

I hope you do not mind

Once in you’re in forever even if you leave

But that’s not what we aim for

So won’t you become a Freemason?

Won’t you join us if you please?