[MR] I met a motley fool

[Meghan Sherrill]

I wish I could claim this as my own work. I wish even more that I could 
credit it properly, but unknowing, I must leave it written by the famed and 
fecund author, Anonymous.

The other day I met a motley fool;
I've never known another mind so slow.
To live with so few wits seems rather cruel.
I thought perhaps to teach him what I know.

At Tournament his schooling was begun.
I showed him how each fighter there behaved:
Each blow not called, each movement badly done
He said, "They look so chivalrous and brave!"

We wandered to the ladies in the stands.
I pointed out each flaw that I could see,
Big hips, uneven face, or dirty hands.
He said, "They all look beautiful to me!"

To live with so few wits seems rather cruel,
And yet - I wish that I were such a fool.


-Lady Ailleann O'Meighan

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