Doubletalk

Hello Toads and Toad friends! Fireblossom here with another Fireblossom Friday. Emerson famously said that "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Today I'm offering everyone a chance to talk out of both sides of your mouths, to reverse field, and to change the rules in the middle of the game. 

I want doubletalk!

Here's the plan: write a NEW poem, using the same identical line as both your first and final line to your poem. However, there's a catch, and you knew there would be! I want you to use the body of your poem to change the meaning. Here is a bit of doggerel off the top of my head, to illustrate what I mean.

I fear nothing.

The grave,

emptiness,

the void

terrifies me.

I fear nothing.


See? The first and last lines are identical, and yet, the meaning has changed. In the first line, the speaker sounds fearless. By the last line, though, we see that the speaker is very fearful.

Here is some music to ponder by.

Have fun!