<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=436274" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Gravitas</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sir? <br>I hate to disturb you.<br>And your meditations.<br>Sir...<br>Remember those people, <br>Who ostracized you? <br>A few years ago.<br>Do you remember them? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Like a prostrate exam.<br>Why? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You will not believe this.<br>But, <br>They are at the door.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'What door? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your door.<br>This one.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Uh...um..uh.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sir? <br>Incredible as this may seem.<br>They still wear those same outfits.<br>The ballroom attire.<br>The gowns and tuxedos.<br>But...<br>They are torn and tattered.<br>They look dreadful.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Uh...I..I..um.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And...They carry a huge basket of assorted fruits.<br>A case of champagne.<br>With a bouquet of the most fantastic flowers, <br>I have not seen since the passing of Princess Diana.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'What are they upto I wonder? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They 'say' they are hoping you forgive them.<br>Not only for ruining your life.<br>But the years of the backstabbing, <br>Character assassinations done against you.<br>When you attempted to persuade them, <br>Their lives were being endangered.<br>By their negligence.<br>And they've come to offer heartfelt respect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'What kind of apples were in the basket? <br>Any Empire or MacIntosh? <br>Walnuts or cashews? <br>Bananas? Tangerines? Pineapples? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Uh...yeeeaaah.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Great.<br>The gravitas of the moment escapes my tongue.<br>I think there is a sewing kit in the pantry.<br>Give it to them.<br>I can get another one.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Close the door.<br>Bring me the basket.<br>Take what you want.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sir? <br>Are you malaised, <br>With no gravitas? <br>Is there something else you wish to say.<br>Something you wish of them to ask? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'No.<br>Oh...<br>Yes there is.<br>Remind me to remove the baked chicken, <br>From the oven in twenty minutes.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That's it? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">'You can hand me a MacIntosh.<br>I can't wait to sink my teeth in it! '</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=436274" data-title="Gravitas de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Sir? I hate to disturb you. And your meditations. Sir... Remember those people, Who ostracized you? A few years ago. Do you remember them? 'Like a prostrate exam. Why? ' You will not believe this. But, They are at the door. 'What door? ' ..."></div> </div> </div>

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