Truth
Truth has
always seemed to me
to
belong to what’s most important
I’ve
read about it
I also
believe that truth
will ultimately
triumph
but in
the meantime
one can well be a bit careful
I
remember just before my exam
I had
written my best essay
and the
teacher came over to me
with
tears in his eyes more or less
it gladdens
an old teacher’s heart
that one’s
words have borne fruit
and you
of all people
I hastened
to say
which
was quite true
that
most of it had been taken from
the
Saturday feature article
but the
word order was a little different
and then
he changed my mark
though
it was a fine feature article
that was
just before I left school
he ensured
I left a year earlier
I’ve not
abandoned truth because of that
but it’s
possible to keep it to yourself
and
still get a lot of pleasure out of it.
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