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A Mere Coincidence?

I was put on this planet with a mission to accomplish, and enthusiasm is my reason to exist; I take nothing in stride... not keeping watch on my enemy, and try to live peacefully... knowing that I will die without a grudge on my sigh! Is that a mere coincidence that I follow in the footsteps of the few who lived for peace and liberty, and rejected glory for modesty? Mockery wasn't a cause for their dire or distress... to dissuade them from anything they had said; there was no wall dividing words from action,to distort their meaning, because they were loud and clear! I dont simulate or imitate the monarch, and please the well-to-do who dress lavishly and have a lot: my living is a simple song... a harmony with a beautiful sound; I show pity, and I'm never cruel! They stare at me, as if I weren't stately... only cursed with stark poverty; I don't deny my hunger...a hunger for different values that stand fast: I am guided by the starlight,never stagger or fail to take my stand! I'm realistic and defined by grace... to imagine it a mere coincidence: to have come into existence, and not fit in any social system which demands to honor its hypocritical anthem! Copyright 2008 by Andrew Crisci

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Date: 3/13/2010 1:25:00 PM
Congratulations on your featured peom this week. Ernilando
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Date: 3/12/2010 7:09:00 AM
Congratulations on being featured this week.. Constance
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Date: 3/12/2010 12:03:00 AM
Top write Andrew! this one really had the muse going over various scandals of society as I pondered your words... Well done on this deserved piece being featured this week, keep penning, kindest thoughts, Anna-Marie.
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Date: 3/11/2010 6:27:00 PM
Congratulations Andrew, on your poetry feature this week. Smiles, Dane Ann
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Date: 3/9/2010 4:52:00 PM
Andrew~ My friend Congratulations on your featured poem much deserved! Laura :)
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Date: 3/9/2010 8:16:00 AM
Andrew, this is really good. For some reason, I went to a "bourgeoisie/proletariat" mindset, like the lower class is better because we don't do the bad things that the upper class does, and yet we get called out on the small things.
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Date: 3/8/2010 10:07:00 AM
Congratulations on your excellent poetry being featured this week Andrew. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/8/2010 6:32:00 AM
enjoyed, congrats on the featured poem!!
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Date: 3/8/2010 4:56:00 AM
Many congrats on your featured piece. Rgds Janette
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Date: 3/7/2010 11:49:00 PM
Congrats on your feature poem this week Andrew and for for recent contest successes.Rgds Brian
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Date: 3/7/2010 7:54:00 PM
Congrats Andrew on your featured poem on the Soup this week.. a great choice to share..luv.. Linda-Marie..
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Date: 3/7/2010 6:06:00 PM
Much for the reader to ponder about in this poem. My living is simple too. Congratulations on having your poem featured. Keep on writing! Wishing you continued success. Karen
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Date: 3/7/2010 12:27:00 PM
Congratulations Andrew, on your feature this week. I enjoyed the fantasy comparisons and the "...ivory castle...) Smiles, Dane Ann
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