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Beautiful Uppercut
Some things just aren’t right,
we were talking about slogans,
we were talking about plight,
but we were polarity,
binary to a tee,
I could see his humanity,
I could beg to differ,
on this pleasant cliff of pontification,
suffered tolerably over a beer.
But when he blamed the victims,
well,
that’s when I hit him,
and my words curled in a beautiful uppercut,
that knocked the wind out of his
sails of ignorance.
Some things just aren’t right,
and the violence of ignorance,
is intolerable,
and, when he confessed,
well,
that’s when I bought him a beer.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Choices … maybe we need more uppercut speakers?
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Yeah, and few hooks and straights too 🙂
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That so rare and so precious place where truth meets love! Good going!
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It is the best way for sure 🙂 thanks Ana
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Intolerable, indeed.
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This made me smile…so.brilliant of you to take the word prompt “uppercut” into this level..
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Yes, I’m not keen on actual violence, but a clever word might be powerful – I hope 🙂 thank you for your kind thoughts.
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Great ending.
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Many thanks LuAnne, much appreciated
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This brought back fond memories of a brilliant statistician I knew long ago. He could fashion verbal uppercuts that took down many “know-it-alls”. And he wielded his knowledge in such a gracious, unassuming way, they never knew what hit them.
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That’s the best way, thanks for sharing Sandy.
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Welcome.
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So many wonderful phrases here, highlighting the power of words. I especially love the last line! It speaks to a kind of graciousness I aspire to.
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Yes, a high calling for us all, I live in hope. Thank you so much Dawn.
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Well, you caught me blindside with this! Had to smile at your twist! Bravo!
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Wow, thank you for saying so, much appreciated that it had such an effect.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Thank you so much for that.
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Your poems just continue to surprise with such diversity and powerful words
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This one was especially close to my heart. Very kind, thank you Lyn.
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Aww! Fantastic, Paul.
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Thank you so much Punam
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You are so welcome!
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Wow. This is powerful Paul. Really lyrical, almost like a song. 🙂 Thank you!
Blessings,
Debbie
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Thank you so much Debbie, 🙂
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