A little Tao wisdom: "The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser. The fool who thinks he is wise is a fool indeed."
A fool never speaks
the world juggles him
and he has not the gumption
to land clattering at its feet
not once
he chews and swallows words
without allowing his face
to tell of their bitterness or spice
a fool never notices
his hands or opposable thumbs
but never notices either
that he shits and hiccups, too
he left his mother and his baby
and never traced the lines
of his lover's sides
he should have touched every curve
we all have feet
he never says "thank you"
he tore flowers as he walked
a fool dismisses daylight
a fool destroys and never sees
he stains beauty
eats pennies and palaces
A fool made the assumption
of rejection
and never said everything
or anything
A fool never speaks
dear AnnievVirginia,
congrats on Sarah Lawrence! i've been enjoying following your work on Jill's 'Writers' Club!' loving your blog too!
all good things,
cyn
Posted by: Cynthia Tedesco | 04/04/2010 at 04:42 PM
Cynthia- thank you thank you! You are my first follower that I don't actually know! I really appreciate you keeping up with my writing. I'm actually pretty nervous about it all right now because things at Sarah Lawrence are going to be so writing-centered and I'm afraid of finding out I actually suck and have to go become a banker or something. Hopefully that won't happen; I went to NY this week for Spring break to check it all out and I am so excited!
Posted by: AnnieVirginia | 04/10/2010 at 02:37 PM