But a Fool’s Bonfire
But A Fool’s Bonfire
7.22.2020
Auntie Fay
What in the world are you burning
Auntie Fay
Your action’s beyond disconcerting
To start your fire
Said you had gotten free wood
Not the wood for free
As assumed understood
Not the wood for free
But in fact, it’s free wood
From the Liberty Tree
And you’re up to no good
To yourself
You’re a liar
But a fool’s bonfire
You’ve built a fool’s bonfire
Auntie Fay
Spent your whole life in school
But you’ve long stopped learning
Auntie Fay
Books are for reading
Not burning
So blinded by false righteousness
You can’t even see
You’re blowing on embers
You’re stoking the free
Should have used the free wood
Not the wood that is free
To yourself
You’re a liar
But a fool’s bonfire
You’ve built a fool’s bonfire
The embers
To which you blow
Stoke a fire
Which will only grow
From a fire
Long burning on low
As the free
Open their eyes to see
Burning stars and stripes
Of the Liberty Tree
Stoking freedom’s fire
Now you will see
Won’t let you take the freedom
From the free
Grow the flames of freedom’s fire
But you think you are higher
To yourself
You’re a liar
But a fool’s bonfire
You’ve built a fool’s bonfire
