Fool

"Fight like a fool by rushing up to an enemy and offering to be killed.  Dig a hole near an enemy, and when the enemy surrounds it, leap out at them and drive them back"
- Jerome Rothenberg

What makes a fool?
Is it what they do?
Are there different kinds?
Is there a heroic fool?
I think so.
They are a fool for rushing in
When the outcome looks poor.
But are they still a fool,
When the outcome is good?
Is Prince Charming a fool,
Having to pass the wall of thorns,
Where many had been impaled?
If he pastes the thorns,
There is the fire breathing dragon,
Where many had been scorched,
Yet he got the princess from the tower:
So is he still a hero,
Or a heroic fool,
Or just a fool.