Wise Fool
Published by Susan on 08/09/2003 (3523 reads)It is not good with naked eye
Reality to see too nigh, -
Best be half blind.
It is not well to strain the ear;
The music of the stars to hear,
And discord find.
It is not wise to be too wise:
In knowledge disillusion lies, -
Yea, I'm a fool;
But I would rather be a clown
Than college don in cap and gown,
And campus rule.
Philosopher, with Furrowed brow,
Far happier am I than thou,
I dare to think.
My mind ferments no evil brew;
The dregs of Freud and Jung I do
Not care to drink.
Professor, if your asking me
What Relativity may be,
My lips are dumb;
For theologians no brief
I hold, but hug a fond belief
In Kingdom Come.
And having such a simple mind,
To take things as they are, I find
Contentment brings.
So as my humble way I go
I do not know or seek to know
The source of things.
For my philosophy is this:
A lassie's lips were made to kiss,
Red wine to drink:
So let's be merry while we may:
'Tis better far to sing and play
Than think and think
And think.
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