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Such rapier wit that cuts right through With quick tongues that can’t tame the shrew There is nothing left or better for them to do Except belittle all they meet There is no concept of wrong or right They’ll speak their thoughts just to start a fight They are always alone most day and night For of love, they are deplete Perhaps, by chance, they’ll one day learn Respect’s not taken, it must be earned Right and wrong, will they discern? I pray it happens so But until that day, they’ll so confine Themselves to torture, like doing time For they won’t have, friendships to find They’ll be no friends at all to show

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 8/29/2008 7:50:00 AM
The world doesn't need more negative people....it's the "glass half full" or "half empty" mentality. I prefer the full!....Nice one....Carrie
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Date: 8/29/2008 7:44:00 AM
every one has good and bad in them... sometimes it is just hard for the good gleam to be seen, eventually some may find and LEARN by life's paths... well conveyed. take good care, your friend in poetry, Lucinda
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Date: 8/29/2008 5:14:00 AM
Funny, I also just wrote a poem about this sort of person lastnight...very well written poem, i like the form alor, the 3 long lines then last short, excellent Michael! Love Kristin
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