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Machismo

Does machismo make a real man with its excessive ego of superiority? If it is considered the vital part of masculinity, how come disregard, vulgarity and obscenity are highly valued by anyone encouraging this character; I've known such individuals whose breath had the stench of alcohol and narcotic... I was disgusted by such behavior and it made me vomit. Faithless dudes spend a night in the bar, then go home staggering to their wives and children...abusing them with vulgar words, screaming, beating them up and then faint on the neatest bed; half-men with nugatory affection treat them kindly, you have promised to love them unconditionally, why do you break that vow recited before God and Man? The morning after, your machismo loses its equilibrium... over the beast you had become, to fill you with delirium. Machismo is a misconception of what men should be; machismo evokes dark thoughts of all the evil-minded ones, not a model to look to or worthy of imitation as expected, and as your strength swoons, your perception is blocked by clarity, and your gazes fall to factual disgrace to reveal fallacy. How will a false-hearted man, filled with machismo, ever be released from his ominous state? There are countless errors and faults, and foresight is the solution to his self-inferred woes. Copyright 2009 by Andrew Crisci

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Date: 11/5/2009 4:18:00 PM
So angery, so full..full of confusion and dislike full of contempt and provocation is this really what's meant by machismo? You're making me google. An excellent write as usual. Light & Love
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Date: 11/3/2009 5:13:00 AM
~~~Magnificent Writing Andrew~~~ Thank you ever so much for sharing this with us. I have lived through this a couple times but....I thank God my children were never physically hurt. I wish all those guys could see this and it could sink into their pea sized brains. Love, Carol
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Date: 11/2/2009 10:07:00 AM
Wow, very powerful, Andrew! A "real man" does not behave in this manner or abuse his family. You come out punching with this write and the last two lines are a knockout! Awesome work. Love, Carolyn
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