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Klaus - A Paradox in Paradise

from Now! That's What I Call Wordsmith by Stephen Wordsmith

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Inside a vast and timeless land
There lies a single grain of sand
Beside it, deep in lifeless sleep
Are piled a thousand in a heap

Then, on the east wind, flies a rook
And takes a grain in talon's crook
From off this sandy hillock's crown
And by the hermit, lays it down

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A grain of truth, a mound of lies
A paradox in Paradise

And with each thousand new years' tick
The ageless rook repeats his trick
Until, at last, upon the beach,
Lies two sets of five hundred each

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Til finally, his work now done
The rook flies east into the sun
A thousand grains could then be found
That never did become a mound
And by its side, a pile sits dumb
Consisting of one single crumb

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For one grain cannot make a mound
But where a thousand more are found
With every mote you take away
The pinnacle remains to stay!
From lofty peak to single grain,
Just how long does the pile remain?

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from Now! That's What I Call Wordsmith, released October 7, 2019
Written and recorded for 50 Songs in 90 Days, 2018

Lyrics by Stephen Wort
Vocals, all instruments and production by Klaus: fiftyninety.fawmers.org/user/klaus

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