A reply to Mr. William James

Will it prove costly ?
The truth, will it prove costly ?
The truth, will it melt like ice-cream when ignorance is bliss ?
The truth, will it cut like a sharp knife when reality bites ?

Will it drain you emotionally, the truth,
Will it drain you emotionally, the truth I mean,
While your bank balances are full ?
Will it drain you, will it drain you, the truth,
While your bank balances are full ?

Will it melt like ice-cream today,
And cut like a knife tomorrow ?

Does the truth evolve ?
Do you buy truth ?
Can you buy truth ?
Or do you use the truth to buy things ?
Can the universe blackmail you
And then come at you menacingly ?

Will it melt like ice-cream today,
And cut like a knife tomorrow ?

The Truth, does it shift shapes ?
The Truth, can it be worthwhile today and worthless tomorrow ?

Does it evolve, the Truth ?
Does the Truth evolve ?

Does it buy less today
And more tomorrow ?

Will it melt like ice-cream today,
And cut like a knife tomorrow ?

What is my value when ice-cream-truth reigns ?
What is my value when knife-truth reigns ?

Can I buy my way out of knife-truth ?
Can I buy my way into ice-cream-truth ?

The lover pines and cries “She likes me”,
The lover obsesses and laments “ May be she likes me not “.

“ Does my universe change if she likes me ?
Does my universe change if she likes me not “ ?

Will tomorrow’s reality
Challenge today’s ?

Can I buy my way into love-truth ?
Can I buy my way out of hate-truth ?

Is it convenient today, the truth I mean,
And irksome tomorrow ?

Can I buy my way into lie-truth ?
Can I sell my way out of truth-truth ?

Can I exchange the truth ?
Like Euros for dollars ?
Can I exchange lie-truth
For truth-truth ?

How many lie-truths
Can one truth-truth buy ?

How does it flow ?
Lie-truth, how does it flow ?
And truth-truth, how does it flow ?

How many lie-truths
Can one truth-truth buy ?

Can lie-truth genuflect before truth-truth ?
Can truth-truth genuflect before lie-truth ?

How many lie-truths does it take to fill a large coffer ?
And how long does it take to spend a large coffer full of lie-truths ?

“ Does my universe change if she likes me ?
Does my universe change if she likes me not
Can I fill a coffer with my paranoia-truth
Can I fill a coffer with my superficial truth
How many paranoia-truths does it take to fill a large coffer “ ?

Can you bribe the truth ?
Can you bribe the truth to make it more convenient ?
Can you bribe the truth to make it less irksome
And more convenient ?

How much bribe does it take
To change an irksome truth
Into a convenient truth ?

Can you use the truth to bribe someone ?
Can you blow the truth ?

How many lie-truths does it take to bribe the universe
When it menaces you ?
Can you bribe the universe with truth-truths
Or only with lie-truths ?

Can you bribe a lover ?
Can you bribe a lover with lie-truths ?

Can you buy democracy ?
Can you buy democracy with lie-truths ?

Can you build buildings ?
Can you build buildings with lie-truths ?

Can you buy time ?
Can you buy time with lie-truths ?

Can you buy solace ?
Can you buy solace with lie-truths ?

Can you buy bodyguards ?
Can you buy bodyguards with lie-truths,
When the universe comes menacingly at you ?