"Full of finesse in plotting and misrule,
Mercury one day tried to pull the wool
Over Apollo's eyes, fleecing His herd,
And promised, if he wouldn't say a word,
Old Battus would receive one well-bred bull.
This luckless wretch knew how to turn a tool
To his success, but wasn't the sharpest tool;
The guileful God came back to test his word,
Full of finesse.
He promised him an easy pocketful
Of copper coins to pay his debts in full
And buy new shoes if he would say a word,
But he said more than He had wanted heard.
Of animals, the worst to be's a fool
Full of finesse."
—Alex McKeown via
Courage is the only form of faith that is real. The rest is attachment to words.
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