Don't Argue With A Fool



A system for exploration
has this untarnished rule:
in the face of revelation
don't argue with a fool.

A system for toleration
has this unblemished rule:
in the face of irritation
don't argue with a fool.

A system for elevation
has this untarnished rule:
in the face of ostentation
don't argue with a fool.

A system for rumination
has this unblemished rule:
in the face of aberration
don't argue with a fool.

A system for imputation
has this unblemished rule:
in the face of disputation
don't argue with a fool.

A system for liberation
has this untarnished rule:
in the face of separation
don't argue with a fool.
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 25, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aBaB aBaB aBaB aBaB aBaB aBaB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 590
Words 108
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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