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demure101
demure101
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Fools used not to come cheap. Prized highly
by kings and commoners, a true fool would
know his worth well. He was no blatherer; his

pranks stemmed from a deep awareness of all
the misery of the times, from a sense of
compassion. His mirth took the bite

away from the prevailing sarcasm of an
unfriendly cosmos - the old, grim riders;
ignorance - and held up a mirror to

the monarch's high-handedness. Surely colourful
but not gaudy a fool's occupation was
respectable indeed. But now only blunt

derision is the fool's part - we want no pictures
of our own failures bar soaps, and fondly think
our modern age has mastered misery.

demure101
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Ashesh9Ashesh9over 9 years ago
Dem there used to be a highly prized Court Wit named Birbal in

Mughal Emperor Akbar's domain & indeed he did gently point out His Majesty's follies through his actions , upon which , tears of mirth rollin' down Akbar's cheeks He would undo such Foolish acts ! in the wake of Comedian Actor Robin William's sad demise thank you for sharin' this poem : I 5-ed .

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