A Long List Of Ironies

Expecting optimistic results
from cynical endeavors
and thinking

What is a cynic?

Some have said
a disappointed optimist

What is an optimist?

Some have said
one not grounded in the obvious

What is ‘the obvious’?

Just look around you

But then, you tell me to
believe what you say
not what I see

Just another in a very long
list of ironies

Or, is irony just another word for
cognitive-dissonance?

–LE – 10/23/24