'knowing' Is Funny
I believe that I "know" what I "know, "
And I think that I "know" stuff I don't,
But the feelings I feel don't melt snow,
And the futures I would mostly won't.
Like most folk, I don't "know" right from wrong,
And I often confuse "Up" from "Down, "
If I don't "know" one poem or a song,
It's a cinch most will "get" I'm a clown!
If there's joke fool could tell, "know" I'll bomb,
And the "leader that's lost" (1)I'd return,
If the danger's quite clear, "know" I'm calm,
And I can't "tell" boat's bow from its stern!
Long Tooth
November 9, 2017
Poet's Note:
If you can't tell that the 2nd and 3rd stanzas need to switch, you perhaps are a genetic male even if you don't "know" you are!
(1) A "Lost Leader" is when a store advertises in a newspaper that a six-pack of Dr. Pepper is on sale for $1.00 when its usual price is $2.00. The store loses money on each six-pack but hopes that the people who come in to buy Dr. Pepper will also purchase other goods and that the store will profit overall. It is an old marketing trick to bring in business.
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