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Skin Deep

Don't judge people just by the way they look, hey, there is no such thing as an open book! for every poor idiot has got something to hide not unlike chameleons, shifting like the tide. Putting up fronts in the bright light of the day, frauds hiding blemishes so as to appear pretty, admiring of their own reflection at the mirror even away from crowds behind closed door. What we often see is but the shell of a man, no more than a worthless piece of empty can, much colder than the coldest piece of steel, a stone's throw from the very gate of hell.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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Date: 9/22/2008 3:41:00 AM
Exactly. Very sad, and sadly true, you said it very well. Love Kristin
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Date: 9/20/2008 7:11:00 AM
Wow. You must have had a recent run in with one of "those". Yes, sadly there are so many. Good to write it out. Superficial people are perplexing and draining. Will never understand the "empty can" in a human soul. Well said Wilfredo. Love, Shar
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Date: 9/20/2008 6:07:00 AM
bam! this is it . something that matters. a philosophy not an oppinion a poem not a personell statment an art not a judgment. great work. John H. Loving III
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Date: 9/20/2008 4:26:00 AM
Wilfredo - I reckon this poem speaks volumes of truth and it is a shame folks are like that - Wonderful poetry Wilfredo - God Bless
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