Ancient dialectics, thinking things through
Sentient gymnastics, seeing things new
Until we can find a reality
Acceptable to logic’s entreaties
Examining statements from other perspectives
For example, this statement of a popular ‘guru’
“The sign of intelligence is that
you are constantly wondering.”
What does he mean by intelligence?
What does he consider as wonder?
The dog wonders if I will give it food today
When I forget to ring the Pavlovian bell
It’s probably wondering about a game to play
When it annoys me and I say, “go to hell.”
What use a sign that’s impossible to perceive
Without the use of a telepath’s mind receive
How can wonder be a constant mind state
When mortals requires restful reprieve
Sure, insomniacs can stay up in wonder late
But even they will eventually have to sleep
If the guru, by his own statement, cannot qualify as intelligent (through inconstant wonder)
Then his statement itself could only contain intelligence by accident
But I do not think that was what he was trying to convey
Whispers of the Universe 
Yes, beware those ‘Holy Men’,
with their hands out to sell
secret wisdom.
“See to it that no one
takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to
the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles
of the world, rather than according to Christ”.
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