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Rated: E · Poetry · Psychology · #1606082
God, give me the former, spare the latter.
THE WISE AND THE FOOLS


No, do not engage with fools
They’ll always pull you down.
You might be a hero but
They would call you a clown.

Better engage with the wise,
Enemies though they be.
They won’t hit below the belt
With a sadistic glee.

If the wise can’t make a point,
They won’t enter debate.
But, without knowing the cause,
The fools would agitate.

God, Your will prevails yet I
Most humbly do this tell:
Spare me the fools of heaven,
Give me the wise in hell.


• Written in abcb, 7-6-7-6 format

M C Gupta
7 October 2009
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