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Angelo's A Mean Kid
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Angelo's A Mean Kid |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
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Angelo lives in a mean hood. That makes Angelo a mean kid. Felix taught him to be mean. It was one of Felix’s greatest gifts to his son. If you don’t have the capacity to be mean in Angelo’s hood, you might as well die. Angelo can get on well anywhere. Bobby |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
To teach Angelo to cope with meanness was obviously necessary... To know what it means to be mean will make its antonym desirable: compassionate ... Compassionate living is also a reality of the hood, isn't it, dear Bobby? Yes, you told us so I remember. Society is a mirror of our human qualities where everything reflects, the good and the bad, no doubt. You explore these qualities well. Love, Margherita |
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XGarapanX Senior Member
since 2008-06-19
Posts 1435Antarctica |
Mean may mean survival at that point in life, but Angelo must also know mercy to be complete. Send him to my house, away from the hood for a season. ·´~`·»Garapan«·´~`· |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Margherita, Yes, we are compassionate here in the hood. Quite often the kids will wheel out a crippled kid in his wheelchair, just so he can feel more a part of the neighborhood gang. Kids are also very polite here. It's still a rough hood, and alway has been. I guess that's the way we like it. Love bobby |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
XGarapanX, Angelo has grown into a fine PhD type math professor. So really, it's too late to save him. Thanks for the kind offer though. That's very nice of you. BTW, Look into "Fresh Air Kids" if you want to help a kid like Angelo enjoy your home. Bobby [This message has been edited by Robert E. Jordan (07-05-2008 09:35 PM).] |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Bobby, Personally, I think I am seeing through this poem and beyond it. Yes, Felix taught Angelo how to be mean. He also taught him that Fathers can hold their sons on their laps. He taught him to respect his parents. He taught him to be strong and confident. He taught him that he can survive on the streets of the hood and to love the hood. But he did not hobble him to the hood. Angelo had to have encouragement to get to where he is - and it seems that Felix is pretty damn proud of him. That's how I see it. Alison |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Thanks dear Alison, You see it correctly. Thanks for your kind words. Angelo is not really a mean kid, he's just strong. Love Felix [This message has been edited by Robert E. Jordan (07-05-2008 11:10 PM).] |
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WindWalker Senior Member
since 2001-10-12
Posts 1218 |
This is another good one!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Thanks WindWalker, I'm glad you enjoyed the poem. Bobby |
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Earl Brinkman Senior Member
since 2010-03-03
Posts 1183Osaka, Japan |
This reminds me of a Johnny Cash song called `A Boy Named Sue` about a father who gave his son that name so that he would be tough and able to survive without a father. ----- I don`t think as a father that I could teach my kid to be mean because it is not in my nature. I would teach him self defense though and to avoid fights if he could. |
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