Limitations

"A man has got to know his limitations."
Rare wisdom, and in practice, rarer still.
We, all of us, aspire above our stations,
by hook or crook or dogged, stubborn will.

That "Dirty Harry" wisdom from Clint Eastwood.
The business edge, the muzzle of a gun,
effective, perhaps more than if a priest could
deliver it in sermon, one on one.

The gun -- it used to be our legislature,
and some would argue it is still in charge.
To be content defies our very nature,
we claw our way, obsessed with living large.

Exceed our limitations? Easy puzzle.
Just find a way to be behind the muzzle.