The simple believes every word, but the prudent considers well his steps. (Proverbs 14:15 NKJV)

Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. ( Proverbs 11:14 NKJV)

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. (Proverbs 27:6 NKJV)

I have bathed in the glittering visions

Of many a bluster-blower, and

Ignored all the warning noises

That bounced off the walls of my

Well-bullied ‘knower.’

Yes, I’ve chewed on the verbalised goo, my friends, and

Gulped down the plunk, plink, and fizz,

Singing:

“When it sounds far too good to

Be true, me boys, then

It most likely and

Probably is!”

I have wedded the big blow-up doll, my friends,

Embedded with ‘come to bed’ eyes, and

Danced on the deck of the Hesperus

Financed by a large pack of lies.

Yes, I’ve sucked up their green snots of flu, my friends, and

Imbibed on their pale pots of piss

(and that’s what it is),

Singing:

“When it sounds far too good to

Be true, me boys, then

It most likely and

Probably is!”

So—no more to the fair or the fleecing,

No more to those high hills of hope,

For the man that is constantly bitten, my friends,

Is a fool and a festering dope!

Yes, I’m done with the hugs and the muggings, and

I’m done with sweet fellowship’s kiss—

For:

“When it sounds far too good to

Be true, me boys, then

It most likely and

Probably is!

Yes,

When it sounds far

Too good to be true, me boys—

Know for sure that it

Probably is!”

© 2012 Victor Robert Farrell AKA Purple Robert All Rights Reserved

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