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Ode to Wisdom in a Well Gone Muddy
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” Charles Bukowski
Throughout millennia, immemorially, words of wisdom have seeped…
Percolating perceptions of reality of science, invention, progress,
Art, literature, beauty, grace, self-awareness and honesty
With clarity of truth, crystal clear, in peaceful sufficiency.
However, beyond social words, logic, laws and organization
Hides an underbrush, a morass, a bamboozlement of verbiage
Of objective group-think grievances and deranged delusions
Of bad performances overrating their knowledge or skills.
Folklore is a deadly serpent lies mired in muddy self-indulgences;
While spawning demagogues, infecting cult-fever to deny real truth
And the heritage of democratic faith with obvious ignorance.
Beware the well to quench your thirst for truth with muddy madness
For truth will always distill itself as ignorance buries ignominy
Of a legendary serpent who believed his will could turn mud into truth.
Annemarie Berukoff
