No Foolin'

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    No Foolin'

    As some people go through life
    they try to bait the fool.
    These people do trick others
    no matter what the rule.

    They fool for selfish purpose,
    for personal glory or gain.
    They fool to impress others,
    forget the cost and pain.

    They fool to tease,
    they fool to please,
    some fool to make a point.

    They fool for fun,
    they fool to shun,
    some need a knave to exploit.

    But despite all the trickery
    a rule we must obey,
    the person one must never fool
    is oneself -- an err to haunt always.

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    Whiskers commented on No Foolin'

    01-23-2011

    Very nicely worded and a subject I never really considered beyond the well known quotations of; A fool and his money are soon parted, The fool has said in his heart there is no God, The accused that represents himself has a fool for an attorney, and finally - For every woman that makes a fool out of a man there is a woman who make a man out of a fool. Thank you for taking us on this foolish journey.
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    Bobwelbaum

    01/23/2011

    Thanks! This was based on something I've learned: the one person you can never afford to fool in life is yourself.

    ClearlySays commented on No Foolin'

    01-23-2011

    That made me sit and think about who I've fooled purposely and why. Your last couple lines really get under my skin, they make me worry of my own possible denial. That's what is truest about this poem, nothing is sugar-coated and nothing is blown out of proportion. I'm giving it a 10!
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    Bobwelbaum

    01/23/2011

    Thanks! This was based on something I've learned: the one person you can never afford to fool in life is yourself.

    Poetry is what is lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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