The Mind

When Fools Dispute

by Maxwell Bodenheim 1892–1954

From Advice (1920)

The Mind

A trickle of dawn insinuated itself
Through the crevices of black satiation.
The elderly trees coughed, lightly, hurriedly,
In remonstrance against the invasion.
Lean with a virginal poison,
The grass-blades shook, immune to light and time.
A bird lost in a tree
Shrilly flirted with its energy....
One fool, in the garden, spoke to another.

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Bodenheim, Maxwell. “When Fools Dispute.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bodenheim/16/.

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