<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=434665" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Does Not Measure Up</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They leave themselves penniless.<br>And thieve on allowed greed.<br>Bankrupt themselves on bad loans and credit.<br>And have fed themselves into a diseasing gluttony.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their decadence is marketed.<br>Sleazy sex aids and other remedies...<br>Are given prime time, <br>On national TV.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Disrespect is expected.<br>Discipline is, <br>Not what it use to be.<br>Today no one knows how to spell the word.<br>Or know what the word today should mean.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some believe it means drinking diet coke at a feast.<br>And those who perfer pepsi, <br>Gouge themselves but claim to eat little meat.<br>Trying to convince themselves, <br>Not others.<br>Who clear the sidewalks, <br>As they wobble up and down public streets.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And they gather to meet, <br>To discuss their displeasure...<br>Of a new leader elected.<br>Who does not measure up to their expectations.<br>Nor does he they claim...<br>Have interest in protecting their messes.<br>Or their dwindling treasures.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'And the agenda is...? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">~I'll give you a clue.<br>You are not a priority.<br>Does that answer satisfy you? ~</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=434665" data-title="Does Not Measure Up de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="They leave themselves penniless. And thieve on allowed greed. Bankrupt themselves on bad loans and credit. And have fed themselves into a diseasing gluttony. Their decadence is marketed. Sleazy sex aids and other remedies... Are given prime time,..."></div> </div> </div>

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