06-02-2017, 09:59 AM
And this pair by Tiger the Lion, I'm tired of searching the NaPM threads when I want to read them.
I’ll play the fool
I’ll play the fool again for you
if a jester is what you need.
It’s who I am. It’s what I do
when you can’t see that I’m in view.
By choice, perchance by common greed,
I’ll play the fool again for you.
When Cinderella lost her shoe
I cobbled one from gopher tree,
It’s who I am. It’s what I do—
sow the many, and hope a few
find purchase in this soil for seed.
I’ll play the fool again for you
and watch your one-plus-one-make-two,
if that is how you choose to breed.
It’s who I am. It’s what I do
when I'm convinced your garden's due
to flower past this stubborn weed.
I’ll play the fool again for you
It’s who I am. It’s what I do.
April fool's day rebuttal.
To Reach You
I will not play the fool for you;
if slapstick is your drug of choice
there’s nothing I can say or do
to sober you with words—and you
too enable my comic voice.
I will not play the fool for you
every time the thriller is too
much for you to maintain your poise.
There’s nothing I can say or do
to foil your one-plus-one-makes-two
mentality of girls and boys.
I will not play the fool for you
when he’s not home and it’s gone two;
my batteries are not for toys.
There’s nothing I can say or do
to charm you from your hole, when you
hear my flute as naught but noise.
I will not play the fool for you.
There’s nothing I can say or do.
I’ll play the fool
I’ll play the fool again for you
if a jester is what you need.
It’s who I am. It’s what I do
when you can’t see that I’m in view.
By choice, perchance by common greed,
I’ll play the fool again for you.
When Cinderella lost her shoe
I cobbled one from gopher tree,
It’s who I am. It’s what I do—
sow the many, and hope a few
find purchase in this soil for seed.
I’ll play the fool again for you
and watch your one-plus-one-make-two,
if that is how you choose to breed.
It’s who I am. It’s what I do
when I'm convinced your garden's due
to flower past this stubborn weed.
I’ll play the fool again for you
It’s who I am. It’s what I do.
April fool's day rebuttal.
To Reach You
I will not play the fool for you;
if slapstick is your drug of choice
there’s nothing I can say or do
to sober you with words—and you
too enable my comic voice.
I will not play the fool for you
every time the thriller is too
much for you to maintain your poise.
There’s nothing I can say or do
to foil your one-plus-one-makes-two
mentality of girls and boys.
I will not play the fool for you
when he’s not home and it’s gone two;
my batteries are not for toys.
There’s nothing I can say or do
to charm you from your hole, when you
hear my flute as naught but noise.
I will not play the fool for you.
There’s nothing I can say or do.
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