- Miscellaneous Mementos
Those who shun the beauty of Virtue
Pave the way for the emboldenment of vice
The night lingers much longer for those
Who deride the possibility of the day
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They set free the message
And set the messenger on fire
Words drop from the courier’s mouth
Like a hail of live coals
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The world is still learning
How to make a half-man whole
Little drops of rain
Will make a mighty river
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Let’s talk now
About the scar
Which survives the wound
Then, the wound which foretells the scar
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Raging fire in
In the smoker’s throat
Swollen laughter
On the orator’s lips
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I will never stub my tongue
On the outcrop of a stubborn word
Who doesn’t know the proverb
Is the paragon of inexhaustible wisdom?