Advice to the Yet Younger Poet
I have been asked,
"How do you live your life?"
I say, "Keep your shoelaces tied
And your nose clean."
Who am I to flaunt
The wisdom of the ages?
By opposing,
End the lies and misconceptions
Of an outrageous history?
A file clerk against the alphabet?
A metaphysician claiming
The universe is sick?
Not me.
That would disturb the universe,
And I don't dare.
To offer a new perspective? Why,
That is the job of a genius,
And I was never one of those.
I shall tell the truth
And I shall lie,
And you would be wise to do
The same.
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