Forth went the candid man <br />And spoke freely to the wind -- <br />When he looked about him he was in a far strange country. <br /> <br />Forth went the candid man <br />And spoke freely to the stars -- <br />Yellow light tore sight from his eyes. <br /> <br />"My good fool," said a learned bystander, <br />"Your operations are mad." <br /> <br />"You are too candid," cried the candid man, <br />And when his stick left the head of the learned bystander <br />It was two sticks.<br /><br />Stephen Crane<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/forth-went-the-candid-man/
