Some men as they age do not grow wiser they just grow old and gray
Enlightenment from their minds by arrogance blocked away
Whilst some men in their twenties for their years are quite wise
Though to a lot of people that may come as a surprise.

No fool like an old fool as some are known to say
We hear of and do read about such people every day
Ageing men who send young men to war to fight and die
No fool like an old fool is surely not a lie.

The wise a mere minority from the facts we've come to note
The most arrogant to positions of power the voting public vote
That our political leaders are our reflective mirrors does seem so very true
A World of war and terror perhaps is our due.

Some ageing men for their years have little wisdom for to show
With age more arrogant they do only seem to grow
The arrogant are many and the wise are in the few
To this you very well may say tell us something that is new.

Francis Duggan

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