The job of the Fool, or the wise man, is to give us hints, to be the point man on all the journeys into the Underworld, initiation, adventure, of life itself that we may ever hope to take. The secret of the Fool, and the wise man, is that he is waiting inside of each of us. The Tales of a Fool and Other Poems are just such hints, bread crumbs along the way as followed by one such foolish wise one.