Vision Quest

Jill had a very narrow sight,
and so she had to hold on tight
to what came from authority
because she was afraid to see.

A fungus growing far away
made news within her town one day,
and even though it did seem strange,
it claimed that it could make a change.

Jill read the news with narrow eye,
and thought it might be wise to try
to look beyond the grim and grave
and make a trip to Fungus Cave.

  (You had to eat the fungus stuff
  and then that would be good enough
  to make a change--yet only one,
  and once the change, you would be done.)

She landed in the land of Mold
where stubborn ways hang onto old;
she saw a ropy barricade
and noticed that the ropes were frayed.

But nonetheless she got on through
and found a one-way avenue
with storefronts selling urn and bread,
and little idols made of lead.

Jill left Assertion Avenue
and headed for the jungle to
locate the cave which she held hope
would give her sight much greater scope.

She trod the trails without a thought
of just how tortuous and hot
it had become to have a go
at clearer sight and lesser woe.

Upon the cave at last she came
appearing like some gray stone frame;
she went inside and soon she found
that fungus in a great big mound.

Within a cave across the sea
Jill found her way and now can see;
the taste of what she found was right,
and now she’s glad she sees the light.

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