Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Downhill Can Be Fun Too

all ignorance toboggans into know
and trudges up to ignorance again:
but winter's not forever,even snow
melts;and if spring should spoil the game,what then?

(an excerpt from "all ignorance tobbaggans into know" by ee cummings)

The saying is "Ignorance is bliss,"
but that sort of bliss is short lived.
A fool smiles but knows nothing,
a sweet child covered in snow and sweat.
I'd rather trudge uphill to the sun and be burnt in that light
than face another childhood of thrill seeking.