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Bully Rules

Bully Rules Pick your targets carefully Soft and easy Gentle and less inclined To fight back Choose them wisely Look for the touch of timidity Some frail weakness Or physical oddness Manage the brow beating With loud and threatening words To drown down The quieter voices Swagger self-assured Before the pummeled and bruised Grind upon your emotional knuckles The fist of your blackmail In the end Resort to violence Violent words Violent acts Beat them down with self-righteousness The frail and anguished of heart Slap them back with self-importance The poor and undeserved Accuse, belittle, bemuse, intolerant and muscle Enjoy the sense of pervading power You giant amongst the smaller Lesser ego’s than your own Remember; the eyes are implacable Narrow minded and unconcerned The mouth; a sneer of contempt To punch before you question Assume this bigotry Of their hearts Of their spineless sniveling Be proud of your injustice Always to gloat in blood let And laugh out loud at their pitiful tears Seek not to protect But stomp upon any vestige of regret Hate them my Bully Demean them and degrade them Turn them to your artistry Of disguising and hiding your own cowardice

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 4/14/2009 5:50:00 PM
Powerful piece of writing.....everything in due time....
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Date: 4/14/2009 3:57:00 PM
Gosh, you are so good! Every bully should have to write this a thousand times on a blackboard (oh brother), or better yet have it branded into their...oh wait, that's my evil twin sister. What I am trying to say is, how incredibly important this poem is and how amazingly brilliant you wrote it. Found myself talking out loud (to myself) after every verse, saying Yes, OMG, Awesome, Yes! Effective writing Colin. Last verse sums it up so perfectly. Bravo to you. Love, Shar
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Date: 4/14/2009 2:51:00 PM
"Giant among the smaller" is a great way of describing a bully, Colin. And you certainly depict them well throughout this poem. Yes, they choose timid, helpless targets. These words describe everything I hate in those who prey upon the less fortunate: "Accuse, belittle, bemuse, intolerant and muscle." Indeed they hide their own cowardice. Excellent work!
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Date: 4/14/2009 2:04:00 PM
eventually they end up in a cell with other bullies and the game continues because that is the game they wanted to play. and i enjoy the fact that they have to play it for a number of years. is'nt God great! john h loving iii
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