<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=436840" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Come Out Swinging!</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I come out swinging! <br>I don't need a damn bat.<br>When I am at home plate...<br>I aim to send a message.<br>I do not condone, <br>A weaking of my fate.<br>With a static that is 'rapped'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I've waited too long, <br>To correct many wrongs.<br>Those of which...<br>A stagnation was pitched.<br>To find me in a pity.<br>Lost in a deep darkened ditch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I come out swinging! <br>I don't need a damn bat.<br>When I am at home plate...<br>I aim to send a message.<br>I do not condone, <br>A weaking of my fate.<br>With a static that is 'rapped'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nor do I need a pat on my back.<br>From those who choose to use deception...<br>As a means to expose my imperfections.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was the first, <br>To recognize my blemishes and flaws.<br>Now I stand at bat.<br>To hit homeruns, <br>And dropp disparaging jaws in awe! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I come out swinging! <br>I don't need a damn bat.<br>When I am at home plate...<br>I aim to send a message.<br>I do not condone, <br>A weaking of my fate.<br>With a static that is 'rapped'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Or give attention to shallow attempts <br>To mar my presence...<br>As one less honorable, <br>Than the one I've been blessed...<br>With a gratefulness to create.<br>And strengthened by obstacles that test, <br>By those who believed my abilities fake.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Stand back fools.<br>You seek to dim my natural light.<br>Okay...<br>Give me what you've got! <br>But never make attempts again...<br>To keep my journey blocked, <br>With your nonsense and foolish whims.<br>About 'that'...<br>I am not! <br>I am about business.<br>My business! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Call this vanity if you wish.<br>Whatever the time you have to waste to do it...<br>Do it! <br>And be dismissed, <br>And quick! '</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=436840" data-title="I Come Out Swinging! de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I come out swinging! I don't need a damn bat. When I am at home plate... I aim to send a message. I do not condone, A weaking of my fate. With a static that is 'rapped'. I've waited too long, To correct many wrongs. Those of which... A stagnat..."></div> </div> </div>

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