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How clever we are is often revealed (or betrayed) by the bottom line. It is more effective than you think and can pack a punch of its own. Watch out for it!
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A poet knows that the bottom line
A poet knows that the bottom lineIs where the Truth dwells
Just as the banker knows
Thats where it lies
It is the payoff after all
The twist in the tail
The moment of truth
Even when it lies
Both know you can tell a storyWeave a legend
Hoist a sail and embark for a land of dreams
As long as the bottom line is what it seems
In Shakepeares time the bottom line was a couplet
Which targeted your soul preciselyWhich goes to show that a clever man in a doublet
Could wrap things up nicely
The bottom line has more power than you thinkAnd its message is sometimes darker
The problem being that however cleverly you approach it
You end up sounding like Dorothy Parker(from THE FRUIT THAT BITES BACK and TOO CLEVER BY HALF copyright E. J. Ward 2016)