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And My Crime Was Being English

You faked friendship with me And my crime was being English You feigned interest in what I had to say And my crime was being English You sarcastically smiled at me And my crime was being English You omitted to give me information And my crime was being English You wrote notes behind my back And my crime was being English Your jealousies oozed from all of your pores And my crime was being English You stabbed the knives into my face And my crime was being English You tore my nation to shreds And my crime was being English You told me I would not be welcome And my crime was being English You pretended I wasn’t there And my crime was being English You left me standing lonely And my crime was being English Will you leave me alone to die For my crime of being English?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 3/31/2010 12:35:00 PM
Very true Elaine, you can indeed substitute the title for many a country >> James
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Date: 3/21/2010 3:08:00 AM
Thanks for all your comments guys. You can basically substitute the word "English" for any nationality if you've experienced the (sometimes) pain of living in a foreign country!
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Date: 3/9/2010 12:15:00 PM
this makes one want to know what happened to cause all this! Or maybe it's symbolic? welcome to the club. LUv, Andrea
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Date: 3/9/2010 6:05:00 AM
I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup Elaine. I also wish you the best in your writing endeavors. If you have questions please feel free to ask anyone here. We are all willing to help and if we don't know the answer we will find someone who does. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/9/2010 5:28:00 AM
Welcome to the Poetry Soup Family of poets... please continue to share your creative writes with us all..as this delight tonight... enjoyed your poetry today..luv.. Linda-Marie "Sweetheart" of Poetry Soup..
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Date: 3/9/2010 4:59:00 AM
Interesting write in this one..Keep the creative pen flowing. Sara
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Date: 3/9/2010 2:56:00 AM
How devastating! can feel the pain. Susan
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