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Apr 2017
"There is a wisdom that is Woe........
But there is a Woe that is Madness"
-Moby ****

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To speak from inside of it is impossible
The words carry layers, just too many to count
References and explanations the obstacle
Terms laden with meaning, impractical to mount

To speak from without would simply be of no use
Layout of the land does not reveal the anguish
To describe it leaves too much for you to deduce
Imagine all the people, no common language

Certainly no shortage of proposed solutions
Entire industry devoted to the thought
The result, one observes, wholly new pollutions
Bottled, put on the shelf and waiting to be bought

Even the most innocent added to the mix
The symbols of childhood given a new context
However, so trite to now offer some new fix
To pretend, needed just a change to a subtext

This will be done, or not, by the patient alone
If history our guide, the result clearly known
Michael French
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Michael French  Ontario
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