in a rare moment of clarity <br />he realized his rise to riches <br />did not make him wiser <br />nor less boorish <br /> <br />having seen a vision <br />of his sole life's revision <br />life seemed nothing less <br />than a lie <br /> <br />throwing fortune to the wind <br />he will begin his life again <br />among the paupers without friends <br />once again<br /><br />Faith Elizabeth Brigham<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fortunes-fool/
