Poems 1

The Unfairness of Life: A reply to Macbeth

We are all actors in an idiots play
A tale of sound and fury, meaning naught.
Yet who would care to be a wise man's pawn
Where every twist of fate is well deserved
And where a single flaw could ruin lives?
Far better to be in a madman's mind
At least for those (and are we all not so?)
Whom fate has smiled on more than we deserve
If life were fair, earth would be hell indeed.

May 1995