A Clever Man
(For 'man' please understand 'person' which does not scan well.)
The most unclever thing
A clever man can do
Is to think himself
More clever than another man.
But it defies even the concept of 'clever'
To broadcast it.
rolling some thoughts around yesterday
while hanging out clothes
thinking of many things
as my fingers clipped pegs
CBT/October, 2015
raypool
Wed 28th Oct 2015 21:26
HI Cynthia. I wanted to make a comment on this one as I havn't graced your site at least for a while!
It intrigued me that you mentioned the point of hanging out washing (quite a skilled operation according to my wife and she is fussy) and the intellectual interplay at the same time. I find poetry comes to me anywhere anytime sometimes waking me up!
Regarding the apparent or actual cleverness of people I suppose unless backed up by IQ testing it's hard to ascertain. However it certainly can be linked to inflated ego - and I think especially in children that are over praised in order to show them off. (or those who have never properly grown up). Do you agree? No one syllable answers please !!