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Noblesse Oblige (Free verse) by Christof

Five oak chairs. There once were six But some fat fool leaned back too hard While passing the port. They'll fetch less now the set is gone. It's a crime because Her father's forefather picked them up In sixteen-something in an Irish bog He was taming for Cromwell. See, The family has always believed in democracy. So, in memory Of her night in a van with a plasterer Who reeked of lager but you had to love His orphanage face and his hopeless laughter When she told him, see, I'm no ordinary daughter, She's selling her father's chairs To raise cash for the Socialist Worker.

Christof 25-Sep-02/8:09 AM
Maybe there is a preconception about masculinity, but I think it's also something more fundamental. Perhaps men still feel they're supposed to be active providers etc. and so shouldn't think about their innermost motives and desires, a sort of tyranny of action and pragmatism. Because there's a lot of comfort in action. Keep on acting and you never have to think.




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