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Poetry

The Madcap

(470 posts) Thu Oct 10, 2024, 08:42 PM Oct 10

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The Idiocy of Ignorance

Why would one not want to know
The truths in this world hidden away
Requiring thought and knowledge
Insight and intuition
A background constructed
From facts, truth, and labor
Connections and language
Artistic vision revealing.

Yet…

Too many don’t care
As they float through their days
Consuming the voices
Images of strangers
Who care not what they think
Nor where they’ve been
And any deep thoughts
Bring scorn on their heads
From vapid discussions
Of fashions obsolete
While hormones infuse the air
With animal senses obscene

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The Idiocy of Ignorance (Original Post) The Madcap Oct 10 OP

Wonderful. I love the title and the sentiment is one I have often thought about. Why would anyone choose to be LoisB Oct 10 #1

It is about as political as I want to get in the Poetry forum The Madcap Oct 10 #2

LoisB

(8,767 posts)

1. Wonderful. I love the title and the sentiment is one I have often thought about. Why would anyone choose to be

Reply to The Madcap (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2024, 09:49 PM

Oct 10

ignorant of so much.

The Madcap

(470 posts)

2. It is about as political as I want to get in the Poetry forum

Reply to LoisB (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 10, 2024, 10:42 PM

Oct 10

But with the current craziness out there right now, I felt that it was appropriate. Thanks for the encouragement.

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