A fancy old fool;
that’s who you are.
Borrow ears from an ass
and hang yours on his ass;
hide eyes in your ass,
and borrow ones from an owl,
for you don’t hear,
nor you can see
what’s happening here
(in this world).
Tell them others’ tales;
shout in their ears,
and repeat you are honest,
but tell nothing but lies,
sweet, honey-dripping lies,
for that’s what they love
that’s what they want.
Be as slippery as a fish
and as cunning as a fox;
but don’t bellow like a bull
or roar loud like a lion,
for you prove
you are a fool
just an old, fancy fool.
Copyright © October 26, 2018, Newton Ranaweera
Image source: Pixabay
Politics as usual here.
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Thanks, Liz. But I would see this as self-realization! 🙂
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I will take your word on it, although it seems kind of harsh to me.
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Oh, I am sorry, Liz. It’s really about me; that’s who I think I am. And I had this feeling suddenly proving, poetry is expression of “powerful emotions recollected in tranquility” (Lyrical Ballads)! 🙂
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I will say this; I think you see, hear and feel much more than you are comfortable admitting to. I try to advocate for people to be kinder to themselves – it’s my own little issue.
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Thank you, Liz!! 🙂
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I am totally unsure about how to comment on this post. So I think I will stick to this, hey how have you been?😊
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Thanks, Sona!! The drama I am seeing on this theater (world) is becoming too absurd to comprehend.
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The drama is definitely hard to comprehend, but not my next post. Haha. Please check it out. It’s titled, dear readers ask me anything. I would really love it if you could participate. Much love♥️
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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I like this poem very much because of its critique. It is eloquent and thought provoking. Well done!
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Thank you so much, Marta, for this amazingly great comment!! 🙂
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You are always kindly welcome, Newton.
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I also like the political undertones!
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Thank you so much for this great complement!! 🙂
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Thank you for this great comment, complement and invite!! 🙂
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You’re welcome. Would you agree to help me, so I can help you?
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Thank you again for being so kind. I visited your blog, checked ‘like’ for several posts. They are really interesting and thought provoking. I commented on a post, but then I was expected to write my personal details such as first name and email, which is so new on WordPress for me. It would be a great help if you could let us avoid writing our names and other personal details as we do in ours so we could write comments?
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I checked it out. It’s true. Ill do something about that. Thanks for the reply!
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You are welcome!! 🙂
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What a material of un-ambiguity and preserveness of valuable familiarity on the topic
of unexpected feelings.
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