Short Take Into Account Poems

The Veiled Destiny
I proposed myself but did not take into account
that it is forbidden to provoke fate,
I set out to reach, discover and contemplate
its origin, birth, or source,
its roots

I tried; I swear!
but I found nothing but madness
and in the endeavor I understood,
that that target 
the reason nor the eye could hardly reach it.
the string of a bow;
it never shot an arrow by itself
for that, you need an archer

...But also, permission to hit the dartboard....

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Check points 

If you want to check a nation 
How much slobs are they 
Do not go to their malls or supermarkets 
Go straight to a public toilet of a town 

If you want to see the race of women 
How sophisticated are they 
Do not go to their drawing room or at dining table 
Go straight to the kitchen and see the sink 

Do you want to check a race, 
And see how intelligent are they? 
Do not take into account their concrete buildings 
Take account the poems they have written ....

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If you get injured, what’s the price
To help assuage your pain?
Do lawyers factor in how much
You whimper or complain?

Of course there are the doctor bills
And days you couldn’t work
Or drive or shop or do the chores
You’d never think to shirk.

They even take into account,
With formulas complex,
What’s owed to someone if
An injured spouse cannot have sex.

No matter what the payoff is,
I’m sure each wounded soul
Would gladly give up all that cash
To once again be whole....

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