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The Butterfly


The wise old man is believed insane,

the fool laughs first.

What an ironic suffling of the dealer's deck,

what sad misconceptions accepted by billions.

Fact is fiction, but fiction is fact.

Tis' not the content of a proclamation but the the volume of a roar that is heard by the masses,

but tis' far better to attract a single butterfly than lure a thousand mosquitos.

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