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Has swung our way, and we are on it,
Cheering, as it crashes into you.
Despised before for how we talked,
And how we looked, and what we wore,
We turned away, as you do now, to seek
A place to gather strength, and, sensing
Weakness, we stopped here. You'll
Never be so good as we, as we'll
Remind you, even as we fear you,
Knowing what we've done. We'll
Smile as we watch you struggle, pleased,
At last, to be above, and, should you
Cry out that we're cruel, I'll reply
Without regret that I believe we are.
Poetry by Lawrence Beck
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Written on 2013-10-13 at 12:48
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Cruel? I suppose we are. The pendulumHas swung our way, and we are on it,
Cheering, as it crashes into you.
Despised before for how we talked,
And how we looked, and what we wore,
We turned away, as you do now, to seek
A place to gather strength, and, sensing
Weakness, we stopped here. You'll
Never be so good as we, as we'll
Remind you, even as we fear you,
Knowing what we've done. We'll
Smile as we watch you struggle, pleased,
At last, to be above, and, should you
Cry out that we're cruel, I'll reply
Without regret that I believe we are.
Poetry by Lawrence Beck
Read 21 times
Written on 2013-10-13 at 12:48
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