Is it the fool who dives into life's river and swims for the sea?
Is it the fool who reaches heavenward and plucks down a star?
Is it the fool who devours life, and then asks for desert?
Is he the fool?
Or are we?
We who ride life's roller-coaster wondering what will happen next?
We who wade through life's stream, while the fool pans for gold?
August 13, 1995