Everything is a metaphor for everything else. <br />The conundrum of existence doesn't have to wait to be born. <br />Real order emerges from chaos in the universe. <br />Windows can work both ways, <br />And doors usually open outward in one direction only- <br />But sometimes the only way out is through neither door nor window, <br />And probably nobody will tell you this; <br />You’ll have to figure it out on your own. <br /> <br />Nature was the original pun. <br />Not everything is a delusion, even if it's late and you're very drunk. <br />Increasing complexity leads to more of the same. <br />Life doesn't care if you survive or not. <br />Everyone is dying whether they know it or not. <br />Our expectations of things are nearly always wrong. <br />If you already knew everything when young <br />That you will know as an older person- <br />You'd almost certainly wind up in jail. <br /> <br />Time is money squared and vice versa- <br />And there's never enough of either. <br />But sharing part of yourself leads <br />To having more of yourself to share. <br /> <br />The truth is a puzzle and nobody has all the pieces; <br />If you meet someone and they seem to have part of it, <br />Sell your soul if you must, to go find it- <br />Because that fragment may be the only one <br />You come in contact with, in your finite days. <br /> <br />Last, if you’re too sophisticated and dignified <br />To have fun when you get old <br />You may as well be dead anyway.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/things-they-never-taught-in-school/
