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What's Wrong With You, Man

If I spit at you
  Wouldn't you smile at me

If I swung a bat at you
  Wouldn't you give me a big hug

If I trashed your store
  Wouldn't you want to hire me

If I hurled epithets at you
  Wouldn't you vote for me

If my folks and I'd been doing this for 65 years
  Wouldn't you want to live next door to me

Huh?  You say you wouldn't?
  WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, MAN?

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2020

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Krish Radhakrishna Date: 6/7/2020 6:19:00 AM Education is the key. A hurt mother begets a hurt child. Need to break that chain and create opportunities for all! Ignorance makes villain of a man. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/7/2020 1:05:00 PM Oh, so true. Great insight. It does, indeed, start with the parents. They pass on the problems to the kids, and on and on... :) gw

Mahtab Bangalee Date: 6/4/2020 5:02:00 AM friendship begets friendship and the heart of love but the hate begets lockdown death! Login to Reply

Caren Krutsinger Date: 6/4/2020 4:44:00 AM This is a reflection of what is happening in many ways. Login to Reply

Judy Ball Date: 6/3/2020 8:25:00 PM Love this Gershon. That really is the way people seem to think these days. Like the story of the two thieves talking about a man they tried to rob and failed. "Man that guy fought dirty. Did you see him sic his seeing eye dog on me!" great job Gershon. Fave. God Bless, JB Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 6/3/2020 9:15:00 PM Ha, ha. Reminds me of the blind customer who came into Home Depot and started swinging his seeing-eye dog around by the tail. A worried associate asked if things the customer needed any help. Nope. Just looking around, he answered. lol. Thanks, Judy, esp. for the FAVE. Peace and Calm, Gershon

Tom Cunningham Date: 6/3/2020 8:13:00 PM A strange mentality some have today, they think it's you who has got the problem. Strange times we live in. Tom Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 6/4/2020 4:53:00 AM It's a free country, scratch what you like lol. Gershon Wolf Date: 6/3/2020 9:13:00 PM Strange -- and SCARY! The older I get, the more time I spend scratching my head... Could be worse; could be scratching something else. lol. Thanks, Tom! :) gw