The fool will laugh and scoff
And think you an idiot when he
Sees you being careful to vet
The thing he believed on a whim,
Simply because he heard it.
But let the thing be something
False about him and see if he does not
Demand on that particular occasion
The most stringent vetting available.
Such are those who will adopt
A lifetime of scoffing without first
Looking to see how it turns out
For scoffers in the end.
