songs of experience

Back in August I wrote a post about a lawnmower that has been eating away at me ever since. It was wrong to judge my friends and it was even more wrong to post it on my blog. It is dangerous to tell the truth slant. The straight story is, I was hurt and angry (over another matter entirely) with the friends who told me this story, so I used my blog to lash out at them. That is wrong any way you turn it.

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant
by, Emily Dickinson

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant—
Success in Cirrcuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth’s superb surprise
As Lightening to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind—