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Stir-Ups

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Stir-Ups

 

Do you get stirred up like I do ?

Seeing people breed greed all around

Wanting to grab more from each other

Not content to stay put in their ground

 

Do you get stirred up like I do ?

Seeing people empathising with others

Not driven by what they can gain

But treating all people like brothers

 

Progressing through life with my stir-ups

I fret when I watch society

The 'greed-breeding' stir-ups keep on rising

While the 'empathy' stir-ups I hardly see

 

Don Matthews October 2018

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M.C. Newberry

Fri 9th Nov 2018 16:13

One can be greedy for a good many reasons, including good
company! That's a good reason to visit WOL, so good luck
to that! ?

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Don Matthews

Fri 9th Nov 2018 12:24

Every now and again a poem decides its own pathway. You know what I mean. This was one ?

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Jon Stainsby

Fri 9th Nov 2018 10:03

Nice one, Don

<Deleted User> (18980)

Fri 9th Nov 2018 08:25

Must be an Aussie thing Don...we don't get any of that grabbing over here in the UK.

(Laced with heavy irony.)

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Taylor Crowshaw

Fri 9th Nov 2018 08:14

I think this is one of my favourites Don..?

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