Everybody is responsible
for everything;
it takes a village
to raise a child
to raze a village

the well-prepared
and the lucky
both tan well when,
at last,
comes their day
in the sun;
the wisest and
the cleverest
retreat as the heat
reaches its apex,
while the rest notice,
too late,
that they are
getting burned

Profound ideas
are oft resolved
with simple grace
where mediocrity
is given to
overwrought expression;
your call