When you have been along these many paths

So many times before, there've been laughs

After awhile ... you do indeed get to know

The "ins" and "outs" which are apt to show



And in due course the addiction will cease

As boredom with it all fills the crease

And then you will back away and go & hide

All the better to best retain your pride



And those who remain will always continue

For they can, and so will revisit their venue

The place where everything comes so alive

For words do dance and provide them a hive



Where they can enter and build a honeycomb

From which many will get sweetness by the cone

And from it, will come tasty and vital thought

The kind that really can't be store-bought ...



- Tristram