Lickspittle ...

Today's word is "lickspittle" ... a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady. (Dictionary.com)

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Running all around the place,
Doing as he was told,
The lickspittle's will was nearly gone,
He never would be bold.

Though in his youth he'd had a dream,
When he was a mere twenty,
He began to bow to gold and power,
Thinking he'd win plenty.

The years they went a ticking by;
Then forty years had run,
He gave in to the hum drum,
Grinding stones from sun to sun.

Then one day a piercing light,
Brought joy into his heart,
And he once again began to plan,
An arrow flying toward its mark.

Anne Selleck 
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