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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.

god'swife 25-Sep-02/8:21 AM
I been looking for the answers for a long time now. I don't think it changes much among western cultures, Americans and Latinos have a huge problem with identify what emotions they're feeling, let alone expressing them. My son still cries every day. His friends are easily moved emotionally. I wonder which has more to do woth it, the sudden flood of testosterone or the culture telling them to be men. Mt boyfriend is a poster boy for the healthy American male. He's as tender as a lamb. I think I'm one of the few who has the previlege to know it. But around the house he's very emotional




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