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