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HI JOURNAL ,
YOU HAVE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE ,
YET TAKE NOTE AS I RE-AFIRM,
THAT WHICH IT IS MOST DEFINATELY,
A TRUISM OF MINE.
 
AS I SAY AND CONFIRM DAILY,
THAT I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY,
TODAY BEING NO EXCEPTION.
 
WHAT IS IT ,
WHAT DID I LEARN TODAY,
 SO PROFOUND ?
 
WELL IT IS NOT SO MUCH WHAT I HAVE LEARNED,
RATHER IT IS THAT WHICH I HAVE CONFIRMED.
THINGS ARE NEVER (OR RARELY) QUITE WHAT THEY SEEM.
 
WHAT TANGLED WEBS ARE WEAVED,
WHO IS DANCING AND WHO IS BEEN DANCED,
NOTWITHSTANDING THE DANCER AND THE DANCE.
 
THE GAMES THAT ARE PLAYED OUT.
WHO EVER SAID IT, COULD WELL BE RIGHT,
THE WORLD IS A STAGE AND WE ARE ALL PLAYERS.
 
I PREFER TO PLAY IT STRAIGHT AND NARROW.
FOR OTHERS I GIVE ENOUGH ROPE,
AND THE HANGING IS DONE,
WHEN REALLY THERE WAS NO NEED TOO.
SUCH IS LIFE.
DEAD RIGHT NED.