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inksense

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool,
than to talk and remove all doubt of it.” ―Maurice Switzer


the burden of new knowledge
          little minds can scarce endure.
                    reason is no small fry when
                              mental faculties are poor.
                                        ‘tis treason to misapprehend
                                                  what commonsense abhors
                                                            when men most miserable
                                                                      dig for meaning on all fours.

pale intellect must genuflect      
          before the poet’s mind,
                    whose lyric stores shrewd metaphors
                              dispense in every line.
                                        to circumvent embarrassment,
                                                  pretend not to be smart
                                                            when put to flight by what bards write
                                                                      dumb fools to set apart.

young men dream dreams, old men see      
          visions, dumb men see no light!      
                    sages pay wage for absent minds
                              pennied by futile plight
                                        were all the world by dearth restrained
                                                  where good sense has prevailed,
                                                            no poet’s pen could fix the breech
                                                                      whence inksense tried and failed.

© Copyright 2020 April 28
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Written by cabcool
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