Short Nice Guys Finish Last Poems

I do not believe it necessarily true that nice guys finish last. However stupid and insipid guys..... that is when you got it coming....

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White walls are bland,
Generic coloring without style.
They have no dash or daring do,
People plaster them with posters and pictures.
White walls garner no comment,
Except when they have flaws.

Is that why nice guys finish last?...

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the danger of spring thunder clouds


                            sunray glimmered love
                            wantonly enticed  darker wilder winds
                            chose thunder-- not me




May 29, 2013
Valdez, Alaska
Victoria Anderson-Throop...

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A hatred toward myself
a longing for the feeling of the cold hearted
no emotion 
no cares
no heartbreak
the unbelievable becomes real
a rejection burning so deep!
another night of these deadly thoughts
realizing the sad truth,
nothing I do can ever be enough
the cliché stands true…
Nice Guys finish last!...

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I can teach you to compete
  without wearing fangs
Or train you to cheat
  without feeling pangs

I can insist you accept defeat
  and lose graciously
Or demand you win at all costs
  even playing dirtily

I can teach you 'Nice Guys Finish Last'
  and the final score is everything
Or assure you it's only a game
  not an idol for worshiping...

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Greed feeds the cliché: nice guys finish last,
there is little appetite for the truth.

And do-gooders are constantly harassed,
a lesson taught to intolerant youth.

Facing a future anchored in the past,
folks are cruel, arrogant, and uncouth.

Yet, their conscience, every once in a while,
assigns a moral value to a smile....

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