His very literate friend wrote:
They’ve managed to hoist them-
selves on their own petard,
and the man did not wish
such a colorful phrase to discard
but use it in a poem about people
blowing themselves up
their own self-righteous steeple
which, of course, was
clearly meant for
other, odious people.
He has a friend who when young
decided to set off a large cheery bomb,
but was distracted
when about to throw
and away about half his hand
he did blow.
The comparison is not
exact
but here is a pertinent
fact:
If you are going to blow
up someone else’s bubble,
you had better examine
your own puffed up pride
and stay out of trouble.
So such temptations simply refuse
and just don’t light that slithering fuse
or you may be the bitten victim
of your very own ruse.