Between the garish and the taciturn
are those of cultivated tact and taste
who only seek the pleasures which they earn
and let no privilege go to waste.
But sometimes it is better to be brash
and be covetous for things that you'd like
for fortune can sometimes favour the rash
and stones are cast to those who make first strike.
There is also reasoning with restraint
when your desire goes past necessity,
without scathing tongues and without complaint,
finding no loneliness or asperity.
Between the pragmatic and profligate
lies the middle ground that I wish to take.
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