The Trouble

By Luis Garcia

The trouble is:
always be cheerful,
and above all
give pleasure.

The trouble is:
learn how to laugh
even if you’re
dying to cry.

The trouble is:
don’t tell the truth
if you can make
more money
by telling a lie,

or to put it
another way,
if you can’t see any good,
keep the bad
to yourself.

The trouble is:
most of us are prisoners
in the land of the free.
before
The trouble is:
the masters murder
the wise men
and fool most of the fools.

The trouble is:
even the angels
break all of the rules.