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For Constance's contest

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         the surprising thing is not
       that every man has his price
            but just how low it is

      Quote By Napoleon Bonaparte

           searching under stones
       curious what the worms have 
           holes become the norm 
          stay there a little too long
        and you will envy the worms

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Jennifer Proxenos

November 25, 2023 at 7:32 AM

Congratulations dear friend on your inclusion of your awesome poetry in Poetry Soups third Anthology - Reflections on the Important Things. Blessings, Jennifer.

Victor Buhagiar

November 16, 2023 at 2:05 AM

Congrats on your placement. Blessings

Terry Flood

November 10, 2023 at 5:52 PM

Unfortunately, those holes are tunnels that look like escape routes; alas, they only go down. You are the master of these ‘snipped’ writes, David. I’d love to write something as worthy in five lines ;-)

Paula Goldsmith

November 10, 2023 at 2:06 PM

Congratulations on your win. A powerful write. I really enjoyed it. Some will go very low. The world has gone mad... Have a great day............

Victor Buhagiar

November 9, 2023 at 2:15 AM

Loved your quote and the way you wrote your thoughts as an inspiration. Blessings.

David Kavanagh

November 9, 2023 at 4:45 AM

Thanks Victor I’m on a hiatus from the soup, take care going forward, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty

November 8, 2023 at 1:16 PM

As I have long since pondered and painstakingly thought over David Sir We obviously do speak the same " Languish " Yes everyone does have a price Only thing relevant worth discussing haggling over

David Kavanagh

November 9, 2023 at 2:40 AM

You have just reinforced my Tanka and (Napoleon) with that comment, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty

November 8, 2023 at 3:43 PM

So cheap worth less than a golf ball . In S.A locals used to fish golf balls out of the water in order to sell for money. Seen 2 start arguing over who found a ball 1st. The next minute 1 was brown bread

David Kavanagh

November 8, 2023 at 2:35 PM

Thanks Christopher, indeed we all have a price, some would like to think it’s pretty high, but under the right circumstances, people would not believe how cheap life becomes, and would fight to the death over a loaf of bread, good story that about Hansies, I must look it up, cheers David, PS I will soup mail you later or tomorrow!

Christopher Flaherty

November 8, 2023 at 1:20 PM

Funny story that because the story ends much later with him announcing. Anyway he announces releasing his tell all Autobiography. Anyway his Plane crashed into a Mountain/ Hillock . No Steward Enquiry , Place your Bets please

Christopher Flaherty

November 8, 2023 at 1:16 PM

Hansies Cronje South Africa Cricket Captain Got done for Betting and Match Fixing And I thought not a single chance no way in hell Until he was sat at a press conference admitting to it with his Pastor sat besides him explaining it wasn't actually him what it was actually was The Devil made him do it placed temptation in front of him and at at a moment of weakness He thought what the hell