Minute Fool

 

 

I’d rather be a fool for a minute

Than be a fool for life

Never asking when I do not know

And building internal strife.

 

I’ll ask the question if it matters

If it really matters to me,

It will be one more off my list

And help me more clearly see.

 

Why be a fool for life

Rather than a minute fool

Giving all and sundry the impression

That I never attended school?

 

Feeling good for a minute

While giving the impression I know

Would get me no further

Than my lifetime circus show.

 

 

 

I’d soon be exposed anyway

For the fool I generally am

So, call me a minute fool if you may,

A lifetime fool is not my plan.

 

You see, any fool can know

So, make it a point to understand,

As brilliant as Einstein was

He crawled before he ran.

 

Stewart Russell © April 6, 2021