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Good Thing to Know

Fraught with error And delay And distraction As they may have been, I have spent these years Generally advancing Upon the conclusion that Our species is prone To clumsiness of mind, And is yet mostWondrously capable of rising Momentarily into … Continue reading

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The Cheater Will Seize

The cheater will seize upon an ambiguityIn your evidence for a thing,And resolutely take the opposite view to yours,As if the matter weren’t reallyAmbiguous after all.

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He Makes a Grand Mistake

He makes a grand mistakeWho counts his belief in a thingAmong the reasons thatThe thing should be believed.

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Time to Get Dressed

When a man finally grows up,He realizes that he is naked.And then, it’sTime to get dressed.

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Man Wouldn’t Even Know

Without outside help,Man wouldn’t even knowThat he was naked.

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Has That Good Idea

Has that good ideaWorked its way throughYour soul yet?

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Ever the Richer

Modern man,Ever the richerIn technologyAnd convenience,Has yet foundNo way toAutomate eitherThe maturationOf his soulHis love forHis fellow man.

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What a Man Cannot See

There is no limitTo what a man cannot seeWhen he has got his eyes shut

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What Did Anybody

What did anybody ever gainBy being rash,Except what might have beenGained as well by mere and fortunate accident?

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Little Jack Sat

Little Jack sat in that happy little green boatAnd stared into the murky water—Cane pole in hand,And dear GranddaddyIn the seat behind me—And I fixated,As he had told me to,On that orange foam bobberFloating half out of the water.And I … Continue reading

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