<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=434141" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Crooks</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It may be a little harsh, <br>To label what they do as such.<br>Perhaps another approach...<br>Would qualify their activities, <br>In a reproach that dignifies them<br>In our eyes.<br>How about 'lifters' of goodwill? <br>The term 'thieves' implies<br>Something done with merriment.<br>And today these 'misdeeds', <br>Are much too common! <br>Immediately an image of urban dwellers<br>Comes to mind! <br>You know...<br>The kind that are struggling to survive? <br>If we call them 'crooks'...<br>And dress them in suits and ties, <br>With briefcases and horn rimmed glasses...<br>Would that deliver the message quicker? <br>If they were placed in settings, <br>At the pinnacles of all that's cherished...<br>With worshipped ideologies, <br>AND adorn them with respected credentials.<br>Then we will feel less guilty, <br>When it is realized they represent<br>Our utmost values! <br>Let's just call them 'crooks'...? <br>And redefine our standards! <br>Only then, <br>Will all of our pretentiousness...<br>Come to an end!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=434141" data-title="Crooks de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="It may be a little harsh, To label what they do as such. Perhaps another approach... Would qualify their activities, In a reproach that dignifies them In our eyes. How about 'lifters' of goodwill? The term 'thieves' implies Something done with ..."></div> </div> </div>

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