NEVER BE A FOOL, NEVER JEST

Never be a fool, never jest with the serious

things of life, those that make people

wounded to the marrow, beyond

the skills of the soul's barber surgeons

to mend. In the spray and foam

of life's evaporating things play,

be a fool, be a jester if you must,

go and try ride the great wave

and fail and let it hit, push

you in the deep blue depths;

it matters not, if you play the fool -

but never, ever play with things

that won't be mended when your

attention slips from the treasures

of the isle you had sought, and raising

anchor your wandering gaze sees

a shimmering shape in the main,

and hears the cries of seabirds

wheeling offshore by some unfortunate

island whose cruel fate would be

discovered and pillaged by you;

you the sailor, the discoverer

turned buccaneer on the crowded

seas where the eight billion damned

circumnavigate this existence.

Never, ever break the things

the soul's sawbones can't fix.

22.04.2025