Characters Of Lead Some people, to be politic, Keep heavy words inside their head. But, the full weight of such a word Won’t dissipate when it’s not said. Too, the lighter words they pick Will seem as though they each have shed Their meaning, since they will be heard To name the famished as well-fed, Or call dead-soil a flowering bed, Instead of what all plainly see. So, don’t set light lies in truth’s stead As there’s a cost you … Read on…