If one goes jumping over candlesticks
in search of greater glory than he's earned,
with all those fire-defying tumbler's tricks,
one should not be surprised his pants get burned.
If one sits in a corner rooting pies
in search of stewed fruits over which to gloat
and finds nothing, again it's no surprise--
dessert-despoiling children should take note.
For no one's ever lived a nursery rhyme
and fairy tales aren't called such 'cause they're true.
As each childhood is sacrificed to Time,
all grown-ups soon unlearn what children knew.
So turn the tap for water, and be still;
remember what became of Jack and Jill.
Jack and Jill made the story up. Turns out it was the old cycle of abuse -- Jack popped Jill one, she took a couple of swipes at him, and the next thing you know they're cooking up this whole "came tumbling after" nonsense when the cops show up.
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