She knows how to make you feel small
loudly with-holding favours
she bestows on all
She makes you wait till the very last minute
then tends to you
but there’s not much love in it
She doesn’t brook criticism, praise
& rejects the crawl
she’ll squash you like a snail you’re so small
Her kind multiplies in prisons, offices,
re-education camps
to some she’s a monster, others a champ
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John Malone 
Great rhyme and meter. A character thoroughly depicted.
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thanks Worms; it was pretty easy to write: I just let my feelings boil on the surface and the lines pretty well came, well, the first stanza at least and that set the template
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I love where you went with this
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thank you; I was fuming after a recent encounter; I decided to turn my anger into a poem, a sort of parable about her kind that exists everywhere; o, and the male of the species too and the intersexes: we all have it within us 😦
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What brilliant characterisation in so few lines John.
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I was fuming, Matthew; it wasn’t hard 🙂 sometimes it pays to be piqued 🙂
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I agree with the comments above. This is very much to the point, not needing many words, but the character definitely comes through. Well done.
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thanks. Bob; don’t do many portrait poems so this was a delight to write: to get my feelings out of me onto the page 🙂
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There’s a fire in this one, The second stanza is sharp and stings. Definitely the sort of verse to slap on certain desks and doorways. Love it.
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sometimes it’s good to be pissed off; it fuels your verse 🙂
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Yes, I’d love to know what set you off. Hope it has subsided. I almost wrote a nasty-gram myself today, but restrained. Now, I’m thinking I should have turned it into art, instead.
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yes, you should: anger is a valid emotion; it is as true and energetic as love and it can be harnessed into art; I’m sure there are ‘angry’ paintings ; there are ‘angry’ films: ‘Taxi Driver’ for one, ‘THe Joker’ with Joaquin Phoenix is another
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I agree. We traverse every emotion throughout our life experience. So it is encouraging to have art from the whole spectrum, that validates our own experience. Lets us know we are not alone. People experiencing peaceful happiness will likely be offended, until they experiencing the same pain and go Aha!☝️😲
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indeed; nothing is off limits; we experience the full spectrum of emotions — even the outliers must be acknowledged 🙂
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A lot of energetic anger in this one – bravo
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short, sharp and loud 🙂
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You are tapping into your emotions for inspiration, but it’s sometimes even better to take a step back and find that ‘calm space’ that exists in front of all of us and work from there ….
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you’ve got a point there; this poem came rushing at me like a runaway train; I had to get out of its way and let it slam onto the page
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Shivers up and down my spine.
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these sort of people are everywhere: you don’t have to go out of your way to find them;
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I despise her, whoever she is. A stirring piece, John.
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thank you, Eden: she is a real person; and the incident happened yesterday but hey! it gave me material for this poem 🙂
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The last stanza nails the bitch!😂
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she was that, Hobbo but when I was struggling for a poem to post she came along and gave me the material:)
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Oh this is Juicy. And I know of whom you speak. Bravo👏
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you do? please don’t tell her, she might be offended 🙂
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Wow
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I’m really glad you like it: the poetry of pique 🙂
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Ahh I love how you managed to surprise me in the ending.. 😀 Great poem!
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I surprised myself: I didn’t see it coming either but once it arrived I knew it was right
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What the world needs is a couple more billion people who are welcoming and kind, and who believe in inclusiveness.
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that is for sure, Neil 🙂
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Clever play of words, a great poem came out of anger. Such individuals try to crush you and you are right they are everywhere.
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it’s a jungle out there, Tanya but we have words to fight back with 🙂
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So true, words are our secret weapons! I knew one lady who was very condescending and in the garb on perfection made everyone feel so small.
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some people are so good at that —
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For instance-my previous boss 👩🏫everyone in the office developed anxiety.
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oh dear; that’s not good; I’ve heard of teachers who do this to their pupils 😦
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I know, I just left the job, it started to take toil… I realized it’s not worth being around such individuals.
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