A new year’s resolution worth considering: substituting the urge to prophesize with hoping.
Granville D. Austin, The Thinkerer
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Oft we play the part of prophet
And with predictive pronouncement profess,
Forthcoming fortune to inherit,
A richly furnished gem-laden chest!
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Ape do we in hurried hustle,
Apes as unknowing and bafflingly daft,
Who proffer tips to best the bustle,
Instructing thus: “pay heed to our craft!”
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Led astray by dark direction
Shade shackles with shadow and fetters us up.
For prophecy is firm selection –
A drink expected, when absent a cup.
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Whine do we at spilt wine wasted
“O why must life be all trick and no treat?”
Tis cause our tongues already tasted,
A beverage now soaking our feet.
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Solve we must this painful problem,
Escape the pit with this lowering rope!
The tackle’s strength it dawns upon them,
The ones who fasten their fists firm to hope.
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~ Granville D. Austin
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