Over time, many odd
choices
and opinions
coalesce into one chorus
transforming
raw advice—
into the pure voice
of reason:
abandon your virtues;
when all chained
together, even
they constrain you.
Don't push this
load, pull it—slowly,
as old
Issa's young snail would,
take the levelest
possible road
to the
top of the tallest mountain.
