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I was told that 'cause did rhyme,
Twas good, excellent in time.
I took the offered praise,
To find an evil craze.
Which spoke at length of a true measure
To which my love could find its treasure.
But questioning the source I found
'Twas silly drivel meant to sound
Wisdom-wise, which did expound
Presuming my reason for the sound
Of the words which I put forth
For none other than my own true worth.
As it gave me pleasure to give my gift
A miscreant would seeming cause a rift
'Tween reason and their own ideal
Of what should and should not appeal.
To broach the Wordsmith in his lair
Seems truly an unwise affair
For he will weave a silken nest
For those unwary while they rest.
And then to know, like silly bug
Trying to undo spider with a single tug
Will find instead the poison fangs
To forever stop the moronic clangs.
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(Author's Note: So many of you have been good enough to give me high marks for this work, even though it may have been difficult to interpret, I'm going to disregard one of my general attitudes and give the spoiler. LOL
Two main ideas here: Jealousy and Arrogance. The jealousy and arrogance reflected by the "miscreant's" attitude of superiority; that he could presume to dictate to anyone, much less to the Wordsmith, of whom he was horribly jealous, that his (the miscreant's) inferiorities should be accepted by the Wordsmith and more, that they should be adopted as being true, right and valuable. The intention, of course, to reduce the object of jealousy to a position inferior and even obeisant to his own, thereby reducing the Wordsmith's talent and freely offered gifts of verse, to less than meaningful.
The morality or continued ideas: Justified Retribution or Revenge or even Vengeance. When the miscreant's motives were discovered by the Wordsmith, and after a long and tedious battle of wits and witnesses, the Wordsmith grew tired of his time being wasted and squandered on an ignorant bug.
So--the Wordsmith wove a web of words to trap and ensnare the annoying miscreant bug and when trapped beyond escape, with all the witnesses present, sunk his fangs into silly bug, and sucked him dry of value much less meaning.
A case could be made, I suppose, for even a presentation of Good vs Evil, with Good prevailing. That seemed a little too high-handed, however--even for me. LOL Stupidity is its own child, Ignorance need be but taught. Neither one deserves any less than respect. Thank you all for bearing with me for this telling and for knowing that this poem was not directed towards anyone, here, at PnP. ^_^ )
Frank Fields, September 24, 2007
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