4480. The pretence-sword

```

You pretend, he pretends, I pretend —

Alas!

Will we ever learn

How powerful and destructive

The pretence-sword is

When we cleverly and unnoticeably

Thrust it at one another?

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 45, Agni Press, 1982
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