Ah, how the seeds of cockiness blossom when soiled in ignorance. (Steve Alten)
DUBIOUS ADVICE
Take one opinion;
call it the whole.
Shout your words
with venom if necessary.
Cover your home,
your car, every space you touch
with bumper stickers, clever words,
succinct, biting,
so obvious, transparent,
you mimic a peacock flashing
your message across a zoo.
Then, well satisfied,
flick on the television,
curl up in your favorite chair,
or lie on a distant beach,
and revel in the comfort of your truth.
Relax, with food and wine within reach,
your part completed.
terrypetersen 