To Compel Is To Repel

Does it not the sight repel
Trying to others compel
Against their wish on a thing 
And their ‘’No!’’ did loudly ring?  

It can’t to Heaven propel 
Deeds that could students expel;
For which phoned cops could one swing;
And one starts flaps of a wing! 

Or can one the claim dispel
That mischief maker impels?

God knows that the best defense 
Against every felt offence
Is that you’d sat on the fence
Not the counter you offer 
Nor the hard blows you prefer.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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