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Poem: No Other Reason (please let me know what you think)?

Here's something different from what I've posted in the past. Let me know what you think. YA won't let me do my spacing the way I want this is normally Can We Forgive with all the lines indented one tab in with no stanza breaks--sorry if that screws up the read for you--also YA has seen fit to censor one of my words that's a first (I think you'll all figure it out).

No Other Reason

Can we forgive
The fat man
for being fat.
No other reason.
His presence bothers us.
He should expect
ridicule.

Can we forgive
The sl*t who spreads.
Because she spreads
with everyone
but us.
She should expect
ridicule.

Can we forgive
The blind man
for being blind.
The cripple
because he can??t walk.
The shy
because he??s afraid.
The black
because we??re white.
The white
because we??re black
The heathen
because we??re saved.
They should all expect
ridicule.

Can we forgive
any of these
who do not have courtesy
to be like us.

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6 days ago
JJ: I agree with you about Pablo Neruda. I love his work. It was beautiful.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 6 days ago
JJ: I agree with you about Pablo Neruda. I love his work. It was beautiful.