Falter

8/6/17


Regardless if I spend time as a salter
From here to beyond Gibralter
Going to make you falter
I don't care if you pray at an altar

Catch them by the collar
Not going to let go even if they holler

Spent time growing up in squalor
Never was I the best scholar
Getting my hands dirty for blue cheese and not no dollars

Another rascal
I heard about the scandal
And pscyhobabble
Talking about people like they're cattle
I can understand why you're feeling frazzled
And rather rattled
Toward me so many confide and tattle
But don't worry this will get handled
And it's not going to be a hassle
I will make sure they are used as an example
Getting continually trampled
By cleats and sandals

It will be worth the risk and gamble
No matter how far I have to travel
I will make sure I win the battle
Even if they got to get shackled
And put in front of a panel
Or left lifeless below or above bits of gravel
After all time will always tell and unravel
Regardless of if you believe it had anything to do with a bite from an apple
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Anderson Avatar
August 7, 2017 at 2:12 PM
Wow! the rhyme was such a challenge. Nice!
Ogletree Avatar
August 9, 2017 at 2:34 PM
Thank you very much John! Sometimes it comes easily and other times it is quite the challenge.
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