Monday, February 17, 2025

ENGLISH LESSON

Metaphor 
is not so much 
a cure 

for our vehement 
dearth of imagination; 
it's more 

of a foul-tasting 
homeopathic remedy:
a little of what kills us 

is what goes 
the longest way,
and the place 

where we are taken 
is the palace 
of our ignorance.

With practice,
we come to think 
of discrepancy 

as nothing 
but a plea
for our interest;

contradiction 
as a pea—and we 
are the princess.