Plato$$$ or Why</br>For unclear reasons</br>under unknown circumstances</br>Ideal Being ceased to be satisfied.</br>It could have gone on forever$$$</br>hewn from darkness$$$ forged from light$$$</br>in its sleepy gardens above the world.</br>Why on earth did it start seeking thrills</br>in the bad company of matter?</br>What use could it have for imitators$$$</br>inept$$$ ill-starred$$$</br>lacking all prospects for eternity?</br>Wisdom limping</br>with a thorn stuck in its heel?</br>Harmony derailedby roiling waters?</br>Beauty</br>holding unappealing entrails</br>and Good why the shadow</br>when it didnt have one before?</br>There must have been some reason$$$</br>however slight$$$</br>but even the Naked Truth$$$ busy ransacking</br>the earths wardrobe$$$</br>wont betray it.</br>Not to mention$$$ Plato$$$ those appalling poets$$$</br>litter scattered by the breeze from under statues$$$</br>scraps from that great Silence up on high.
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