The Jester

Audio Recordings, Poems about Poetry / tagged Politics / June 5, 2019 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

For Them the World Poet

Only the jester dares
to tell the truth to the king
to hold the blade as a mirror
and thrust to the heart of the thing

And yet he has learned to retreat
as fast as a smile might fade
sit with his back to the stone
and polish the blade

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2 thoughts on “The Jester”

Cailloux Geneviève June 7, 2019 at 4:48 am

Thanks ! How beautiful and specially with your voice !
Geneviève

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1. neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com Post authorJune 7, 2019 at 8:40 am
  
  Merci Geneviève
  It was so much enhanced by the statue.
  Neil
  
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