Stanzas: Monthly Chapbooks April 2015: The Fool | Page 2

Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice

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ometimes clichés are spot on. Other times they’re like a fish out of water. But no,
really, there are certain words and phrases, sounds and rhymes that, when you put
them all together and slap them in front of a microphone, it just works.
I guess that’s about as apt a description of writing as you’re going to get off us.
Writing is totes amazeballs, but it’s also quite foolish. You think you have something
to say? You think the world cares? You think you can make a living off it? Please,
you’re lucky if you can get a euro off your mam for a coffee, not to mind sell your
literature to strangers.
But you know what? We don’t care. Let the world mock us, let them stare, let them
judge, let them ask: Why?
Because we have the answer: Why not?
Be a fool. Get fooled. Act foolish. Fool around. Fool up. Fool down. But don’t fool
yourself: writing may be the laughing stock of the 9-5ers, but you’ll always have us,
You’ll always have,
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