The world can be divided, the philosopher said,
between two groups of people: those who leave
pegs on the line , and those who don’t:
my first wife was a clearly a proponent
of the second school & I the first which might explain
why we split
even two marriages later
I am hesitant to put the pegs in a tray in case
my new partner is an adherent of the first school
though the presence of a peg tray clearly indicates
the second
I pause
between the two schools
but my old self reasserts itself:
a leopard cannot change its spots.
- which school do you belong to?
- have you changed from one school of thought to another?
- can a leopard change its spots?
John Malone 
My spots were once
dark and indelible 🐄
Now I’m as white 🐑
as the driven snow ⛄
It’s something
quite spiritual 🕊️ 😎
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I like this, David and those cute little emojis 🙂
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I find, John, that as the years roll by, I’ve had quite a few of the spots knocked off me.
Not a bad thing, I’m thinking. They are after all only skin deep.
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HaHa. yes, perhaps how spots — our habits — are only skin deep and can be easily erased
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This is indeed a stark new dividing line for society John! Wonderfully written as always. I have a peg basket – what does this say about me?!
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I think it means you are an intelligent and organised person. Yes, I have a peg basket too, it hangs on the line, ready when needed. full of pegs ready and working until the day they peg out, and are thrown away …
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🙂 I.m sure Freud would have come down heavily on one of these two schools of thought. I’m hesitant to look it up in case he comes down against me 🙂
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