Precious Little Useless Things

What do we call the innocent?
Those precious little useless things
we honor with large words
and then largely ignore.

As we do ethics.  Or courtesy.

Better yet -
those prophets of doom 
with science degrees.
What do we call them?

Oh, yes, we call them fools.

Luvgood Carp, Editor-in-Chief

5 Comments

  1. JMN's avatar JMN says:

    What you write is eloquent, and reminds me of something I read yesterday in The Times. With your indulgence I quote it here: ‘… A quote by C.S. Lewis: “Friendship is unnecessary,” he wrote, “like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”’
    (David French, NYTimes, 9-24-23)

    Liked by 1 person

  2. You must have loved the folktale “The Emperor Has No Clothes” when you first came across it.

    Liked by 1 person

  3. luvgoodcarp's avatar luvgoodcarp says:

    Haha. Yes. I still do.

    Liked by 2 people

Leave a reply to Geoff Stamper Cancel reply