Five Aphoristic Rhymes from “Keats Walks Downstairs — New Poems”
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History should be
cut in half
Give future
equal time
The history
we speak of is a
cautionary tale
It merely asks us
to consider
all the ways we fail
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The study of the future
opens up a youthful mind
It tells us to take up
the costs
of leaving past behind
By planning for a future
that is better than we’ve known
We progress with the cosmos
on our way to where we go
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Our mind is a plethora
of possibilities
When we say we knew it
it is true
We should not be surprised
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Fewer things
more freedom
Possess what you can see
The less you own
the greater liberty
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Characterization is
the bane of thought
Characterization
fixes things in time
Characterization
is always a lie
Allow your subjects room to change
Do not characterize