Trio No. 23

1.

The problem with the outward speaker

Is the same problem with the inward listener:

Neither holds the truth

But one knows it

And the other can't hear anything 

Outside his own head

2. 

If I had said today what I believed I would have doubted it tomorrow just the same as if I had never said it at all and I'm not sure which action (or inaction) makes me look the bigger fool or who it really is that I think would care. 

3. 

A list of objects and compound objects:

A book of rules. 

A glass wrapped in a towel at a wedding. 

A wild horse. 

A child's porcelain bank. 

A trip wire. 

A set of rubber tires. 

A coconut shell. 

An evil spell. 

The status quo.