Saturday, 19 February 2005

The roundabout guise


'O Truth, thou art not One
Just as Art is not one Truth.'

Forsooth, a Truth can ensnare
The Mind in its search blind
For One that explains it all.

Of such a Truth, the easy one,
Beware, Man; it is your Wolf!

Such Truth will howl, aux clair
De la Lune
, rather tricky to find,
Easily tricking one to fall
In the Error
That is harder
To construct
Than easier
To destroy
An antidote for a sweet anecdote.

'O Truth, if thou hast One Tail,
One Tale, thine Truth is a Lie.'

There are scores of truths!
— Any able Sea Shaman would shout —
As many as scared youths.

That is why Truth is fishy but not a Trout.