coherence critique part III: the revenge of mercy justice, OR, the balance of a runaway twain

Criticism can only have positive value. 

The substance part
is no aether, but hard
correspondence to reality. Truth!
Which is of use, potentially! Even
Bad truth is good to know. Without
that correspondence to reality,
you've misclassified. There
is no substance in't.

Separate substance
from sentiment!
Know which is which!
For if you do, criticism

can have only positive value.

Accurate, itty, bitty, summy party (whether
“positive’ or “negative” is what's immaterial)
is therefore useful! Or else it is useless, worthless
- harmless. Let worthless be harmless, and let 
harmless be. 

The sentimental part
can only be good. Who keeps bad sentimental
value, honestly? A neat little row 
of golden poo trophies 
up on the mantle 
for solemn regard? 

No room on the mantel
for such doo doings. Even
a box in the basement for them’s
a useless waste of space, get it out
by the curb - displayed proudly

before the world!

Better yet, don't even pick 
that shit up in the first place. 
Let it drift, nothing there for you 
- no substance! Let worthless 
be harmless, and

let harmless
be.