There are mistakes which people can make

When they add things together for the sake

Of attempting to figure out some mystery

Which blinds them so - they can hardly see



It would be nice if nobody made these errors

For when they do - it sometimes is a terror

To find out they added the numbers incorrectly

So their totals are not accurate & circumvent the 



Truth of the situation with their own biased view

Which fits nobody, and is a really worn-out shoe

So then one runs around feeling need for apology

When all you really need do is detail the creed



And explain the judgment which forced you into it

Which could be directly simple, or convoluted a bit

For we all do make these assumptions from time to time

As we go through life looking for the next tree to climb



It would be wonderful if each and every one of us did

Choose to stay on the ground and not make these bids

Get our facts straight before we start to play with fire

For if we do, chances are - we will not return any ire ...



- Tristram