In a World of Lies

 

 

Amos Russel Wells (1862-1933)

—Public Domain Photo

THE SUNDIAL, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
—Amos Russel Wells (1862-1933)

The Sundial said to the Daylight-Saving Clock:


"I stand for Truth as steady as a rock.


Nothing but the Truth do I dare to testify;


Men may bid me cheat, but I will—not—lie.


Lying is a mortal sin, cheating is a crime;


I alone of all the world keep the proper time."
The Daylight-Saving Clock to the Sundial said:


"When the sun goes down you are dead, dead, dead.


Tied like a log to this rolling ball,


Only half of time do you tell at all.


I testify to the Truth of Health,


Speak the Truth of Happiness, tell the Truth of Wealth.
Yours is the Truth of a dull routine,


Just the Truth of Matter, of the Sun Machine.


Your literal Truth is crudely wrought;


Mine is the Truth of the Higher Thought."


But the Sundial still, in a manner proudly wise,


Sticks to the Truth in a World of Lies.

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—Medusa, reminding you to set your clock ahead one hour if you live in the Land of Lies (Daylight-Savings Time) ~

 

For more about Amos Wells and his Rollicking Rhymes and other publications, go to www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/w/e/l/l/wells_ar.htm/.

 

 

 

 

 

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