One Source of Bad Information - Robert Bly

[Larry Robinson]

One Source of Bad Information

There's a boy in you about three 
years old who hasn't learned a thing for thirty 
Thousand years. Sometime it's a girl. 

This child had to make up its mind 
How to save you from death. He said things like: 
``Stay home. Avoid elevators. Eat only elk.'' 

You live with this child, but you don't know it. 
You're in the office, yes, but live with this boy 
At night. He's uninformed, but he does want 

To save your life. And he has. Because of this boy 
You survived a lot. He's got six big ideas. 
Five don't work. Right now he’s repeating them to you. 

	- Robert Bly