The Devil's Prize

The Devil's Prize

Richie's neither dumb nor wise
He never wins, he never tries
He never sings, he never sighs
He never laughs, he never cries
He never loves, he never lies
and so he is the Devil's Prize:
A man who's dead before he dies.

The Tree of Knowledge

The Tree of Knowledge

Truth is fit enough for prose/It tells use everything it knows

But knowledge is its own disguise/Using truth to tell us lies.