Saturday 24 April 2010

Lest

LEST

–conjunction

1. for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution)
2. that (used after words expressing fear, danger, etc.)






















Don't smile
Lest you like to be thought of as brainless
Or just plain stupid
He said.

I ditched the guy
Lest I'd be thought of as mad
And went on smiling.

2 comments:

Yellow Tulip said...

wow,,thought intriguing:)...nice one

martha said...

Clever Poppet. Good move - right move, come to think of it - lest my thoughts be considered incomplete.