Duke Beaufort Poet Limerick

Blow Back Happens

The bastards who dole out abuse
Like seeing my neck in a noose
But they've only sewn
A razor-edged kidney stone
Which for them has pain to induce


Author's note:  Abuse can be enforced poverty and economic unfairness, forced relocation, racism and discrimination, religious intolerance, rape, forced labor, abduction, a lack of peace (of mind) and numerous other things.  Life shouldn't seem like it's happening in a concentration camp.  People need to have dreams and hope and know that they can have a job and that work will pay off.  Are these the root cause issues of unrest we should address, or do we just build a bigger set of fences everywhere and see what happens?

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Jennifer Proxenos October 22, 2018 at 1:15 AM Hi Duke, No a fence is too easily broken down, may a tall brick wall that will stretch to forever, although Trumps seems to just be to keep the Mexicans out! People need to be creative and need to be able to do these things with absolute peace of mind, but then we are talking of a Utopia (I wish)! Best regards, Jennifer Duke Beaufort October 24, 2018 at 11:18 AM Things always equalize in the end. No matter what kind of barrier we erect to human rights, it will eventually fall. The strange part is how when that happens a new set of rules is put in place which leads to a repeat of the inequality. Very Strange.

Debbie Duncan August 25, 2016 at 4:07 PM Well this is a nice limerick for the haves and haves nots ,,, hope everything is well in your world. Tis true I haven't posted in a while. Thank you for your always kinds words :) Duke Beaufort August 25, 2016 at 6:07 PM I am thrilled to know you are OK since you have always seemed to me to be such a sweet person here. Everything is fine. I have been working my tail off trying to make life better for others as part of my job, and it takes a lot of work and saps by creative energy for these rhymes. Please be well and stop by from time to time. Your comment and presence means a lot to me. I am certain the world that you touch is a better place.

Funom Makama February 16, 2016 at 8:59 AM great quality with wonderful fitting of words and lines. The grace from this page is worth more than a 7. Visiting your pages always come with meeting my expectations and with this I say "Keep on writing please".. So so incredible. Duke Beaufort March 6, 2016 at 9:21 AM Funom, you are very kind. The thing that occurred to me after writing this is how damaged the world is. It is hard to keep on fighting, but there always seems to be a productive avenue for us to channel our efforts and to try to heal the great rifts.

Andrea Dietrich February 11, 2016 at 3:52 PM Duke, I really love your thoughts on economic unfairness, etc. You have got to be a democrat, right? Duke Beaufort February 14, 2016 at 9:10 AM I am a registered democrat, but I find that I don't agree with the party on most things. The party is really for the status quo for the most part and owes much to wall street, the American Bar Association and the big banks. The democrats are mostly to the left on social issues. We seem to want more economic fairness, but what we do doesn't lead to it as often as I would hope for.

Funom Makama January 23, 2016 at 12:31 PM Wisdom and arts hug as twins in between your lines. A wonderful 7 Duke Beaufort January 28, 2016 at 8:52 AM Thank you again Funom. You are a funomenon! I am always trying to look for a good solution (one that is fair), but real change is not an easy accomplishment.

Lindsay Laurie December 23, 2015 at 8:29 PM G'day Duke... abusers like to believe that they have power. When their time comes its usually brutal, however there's someone ready to take their place - thanks mate - Lindsay Duke Beaufort December 26, 2015 at 1:03 PM So right are you. It's a chain that will be difficult to break. I've seen that asking for help doesn't usually help. It usually takes a fight unfortunately.