Open Poetry #10 |
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PDV's Challenge |
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The Lonely Stranger Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 361Upstate, NY, USA |
Forgive please me now, For I'm sure to offend. I might even make foes Of those once my friends. Away I now go Cross the boundry of sex I am now a woman Lets see what comes next. Lets look at my past At the years now gone by I went into court And told many a lie. I looked into eyes That had done me no wrong I cheated and lied Like I'd done all along I shed a few tears And wore a nice dress And got all my demands Not a tiny bit less. Excuse me now all While I go to demand That I get all the rights Afforded a man. Some men see things as they are and ask "WHY ?" I see things as they could be and ask "WHY NOT ?" |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Very good! I think we are really seeing some good responses to this challenge. It's a way to make a statement in reverse I think. But don't you think women should have the same rights afforded to men? |
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The Lonely Stranger Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 361Upstate, NY, USA |
< Of course I do Poet d. but don't you think the pendulum should swing both ways? Do you think that any unfair advantage men have should be given up while women keep any unjust advantage that they have? Is it right that 94% of contested custody cases are decided in favor of the woman ?? We live in a society where both parents work, and thus both give care in equal measures. Yet our family courts are still living in the ages where dad provides money and mom povides care. Do you want true equality? Or convenient equality? |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
STRANGER, I read your rhyme and your viewpoint shines thru and I gotta hand it to you this is a write 'well done'! ![]() ![]() |
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The Lonely Stranger Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 361Upstate, NY, USA |
Please understand I don't mean to imply, That all women are evil, Or that all women lie. But the problem is that When marriages break The judge is to think For the little ones sake If a doctor fouls up We see right away He cost a person thier life Someone died on that day. When a pilot fails To do his job right The death toll's reported Of his fatefull last flight. The problem with judges Each day is the same They neglect thier jobs And give fathers the blame. Thier victims don't perish Right there on that day They die out of sight With thier fathers away. They drink and they party Find acceptance though drugs. The girls think that sex Will replace Daddy's hugs. Looking for love they Find everything bad Thanks to the Judges Who cast out thier Dads. The judges who "crashed" the Young lives are long gone But now as adlults The kids left must go on. No clue how to love Or be part of a pair. They take sacred vows Without learning to care. A short time after that They too chose divorce They know nothing else It's thier only recourse. The next group of kids Watch thier world as it falls But the offending judges Bear no blame at all. Women aren't evil Or liars by chance They'll take the free Money if given the chance When people fight And cant get along The one with the "gun" Is not the one wrong. The person with power Will not compromise That's why our judges Are supposed to be wise. I assure you dear ladies If you though for flash That you'd be the ones With no kids & no cash That you'd be more Willing to work it all out And that fellow poets Is why I still shout. Stepping down from my soapbox I've been given my say I'll watch the lost children And quietly pray Some men see things as they are and ask "WHY ?" I see things as they could be and ask "WHY NOT ?" |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
TLS, I hear what you're saying it's your point of view and while I respect that I'll add something too Although you are right to condemn those outdated the law is the law and is never sated adversial system leads to contest and to lose one thing means to lose all the rest therefore divorce and the practice thereof leads to all victims of court's push and shove and not all women are like that you see some really try hard to be as fair as can be but with lawyers pushing it's hard to resist you're often caught 'tween the law and the one missed although it's not right in fact it's a crime the court system plagues on emotional time. Sorry for the rant, but I've been there too. It's not always as it seems. Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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SEA![]() ![]()
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
TLS~ I loved it.....great poem -SEA [This message has been edited by SEA (edited 11-03-2000).] |
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The Lonely Stranger Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 361Upstate, NY, USA |
Kethry my friend, I agree with your post But temptation will Easily overcome most. If you find a wallet Without owner I.D. Would you turn it in Or go shopping with glee You said it yourself "It's hard to resist" But honest is honest 'Less there's something I missed The law is the law As you eloquently say As it was in Munich One summer day One summer day In 1941 When jews were all Finished with lead from a gun Since the law was the law You'd have watched as they died? Or would you have done something To stem the cruel tide? To keep slaves was legal Many years past Would you have kept yours To make prosperity last? Rhetorical queries My friend to be sure But were you the one wronged Would you want me to do more? |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
TLS, I hear where you're coming from truly I do you can't blame the individual for the acts of the few we work in a system that's sadly outdated but when rules were made protection was truncated the law cannot protect the whims of the mass so it works for the powerful and that's sad alas although we don't agree I understand I've been a victim of the law of the land I tried to be true to my tenets, I guess in remaining fair I had small success I'm not trying to boast or to excuse but in fighting systems everyone will lose. That doesn't mean we should sit back and wait accepting our lot also our fate I think we should fight wherever we are all small injustice though near and not far I think that living each day, should aspire to help all the others oppressed, with no power But if we did all as you surely suggest we'd quickly fall and ourselves be oppressed Kethry Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. Gail Sheehy |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
You have made it clear the courts don't always hear the truth. I am sorry that you ended up on the short end of the stick. |
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The Lonely Stranger Member
since 1999-06-18
Posts 361Upstate, NY, USA |
Tis my daughter who is truely getting the short end of the stick |
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Charisma![]() ![]() ![]()
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
LTS....I hear you..and understand you (((warm hugs)))..its alwasy sad, when there's a divorce and children are involved with......wish you a lot of strength. Charisma |
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