Short Stander Poems

head stander beetle
waiting for morning fog
precious water drops...

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Listen to poem:

no one there
unnoticed
glance over shoulder
not my mess
hands are clean 
no trace
played the cool
slipped away
not owning up
done nothing wrong
nothing to see
I'm bye bye stander
looking on
stepping away
at bay
slipping away
when no one's
looking, seeing
it don't matter
to anyone
don't care
if they do
I'm outside
looking in
nose is clean
good riddance
skated on by
Whew!

Ah! a clearing!
Oh No!
Is someone there?...

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Up-standers ask a bully to please stop.
But not in a bullying voice.
Understand?
Head nod.

Down-standers join the bully.
They call the victim names too
Scared they will be the next target if they do not.
Cowards.

By-standers stand by,
Trying to ignore what is happening, feeling badly later
Wishing they had been an up-stander. 
So what do you want to be?

An Up-Stander, a Down-Stander or a By-Stander?

“I want to be a run-a-way-er,” he said, demonstrating....

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