Today we consult a thesaurus.
The thesaurus is a dinosaur that has survived into the modern world.
The child flips open the pages and looks at the words hidden within.
The fool sees words and cannot understand this is not a dictionary.
And so the legacy continues
there is an antidote to folly in its venerable pages
but the fool sees it as a counter-measure against his efforts.
the dinosaurs existed in antiquity, roaming an earth
devoid of fools, and golden olden day.
the wise are apathetic, seeing only pain and a hopeless
future, the fools unconcerned beyond themselves.
the would be wise are apprehensive, the ship is sailing
into uncharted waters, disturbed by new currents.
And the ones who advise have only approximate answers
To offer, no balm to soothe the rough pain of what is to come.
And yet the ship prepares to sail, to leave behind that which
Is familiar, and to sacrifice the wise who urge caution
In order to preserve the interests of fools.
The fools are dinosaurs, left walking a modern earth
Searching for an age long gone, that lives now only in their imaginations.
(C) 2ndwitch, 24/04/19
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