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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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Used to be when we'd disagree We would compromise you and me. If I disagree now you attack You'd like to have me on the rack. Whatever happened to taking time To give and take, not thinking it’s a crime To have different views, you and I We're both just ordinary guys. With wild rhetoric truth is hard to find And you'll go your way, and I'll go mine I say, you say, and I'm right you're wrong It's the same old lackluster song. People are buying guns and ammo The government's stopping its flow Liberals, conservatives have beliefs Why give each other so much grief. Take time, listen to each other You could be talking to your brother Eye to eye we may never see But by listening we may find the key. These days we just try to outshout Again rhetoric leaves so much doubt And its so loud we can't hear a word Its really pitiful and absurd. Let's go back to the honest debates If not I have great fear for our fate If we can't take time to listen soon It won't be long before its high noon. ©May 24, 2013 / Jerry Pat Bolton ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
unfortunate truths well stated ... fine 'social impact'/conscience write! ... would that 'the world' was 'listening' ... |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thanks Bruce for you informative comments. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
It is just getting crazy insane the way the different points of few go to such extreme lengths to villify each other. Gosh, don't even get me started!!!! Good write! Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Oh, I wasn't trying to get YOU started. Heh.Heh ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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MICHELMAS Member
since 2012-02-15
Posts 305Lancashire England |
two ears, two eyes, one mouth, they should be used in the same proportion Enjoyed Michael |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
I hear you, Michael, listen, watch and then speak truthfully. Never happen. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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