Futility

[bricklayer]

There is no plan,
devised by man,
that can withstand
contact with the enemy.

I have seen the enemy,
they are us.

 

[variant]

There is no plan,
devised by man,
that can withstand
contact with the enemy.

I have seen the enemy,
they are us.

Perhaps you should focus on not being your own enemy and being more spontaneous.

 

[bricklayer]

Paul cried out, "who will save me from this body of death?"

 

[GrowingSmaller]

There is no plan,
devised by man,
that can withstand
contact with the enemy.

I have seen the enemy,
they are us.

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

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I think you are right. Humans are not perfect. We have to be wary. Then again I imagine that a lot of what we see as natural (aggression, untrustworthiness, selfishness) is actually due to nurture not nature.​

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Paul cried out, "who will save me from this body of death?"

Not a cry of dispair but a rhetorical question. He knew the answer, and so do we.

 

[bricklayer]

It took an oldwiswguy to take up that baton.
Good finish.