<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=439036" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Magnified Chrystal Balling</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Boys play.<br>And in play...<br>A bravado is accepted.<br>And willfully on constant display.<br>With a show of fearlessness shown, <br>By the one selected and chosen to lead.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that one accustomed to getting things done, <br>Has to express independence and confidence.<br>Sometimes at the risk of exposing a humanness.<br>And achieving less than those observing, <br>From the sidelines expect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When doubts about direction begin to be expressed.<br>This upsets, <br>Those with victories to achieve on their breaths.<br>Tight lipped bravery is what arnchair warriors respect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But emotions one dares to expose on one's sleeve, <br>Contradicts a magnified Chyrstal balling.<br>Appalling those wishing to see, <br>Confetti and cheering with smiles in magazines.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Has he been up to the task, <br>Is all that matters.<br>Who amongst you have dug the ditches, <br>Or crawled through trenches...<br>To affect expectations? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Boys play.<br>And in play...<br>A bravado is accepted.<br>And willfully on constant display.<br>With a show of fearlessness shown, <br>By the one selected and chosen to lead.<br>In play! <br>War...<br>Or in peace to keep unthreatened.</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=439036" data-title="Magnified Chrystal Balling de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Boys play. And in play... A bravado is accepted. And willfully on constant display. With a show of fearlessness shown, By the one selected and chosen to lead. And that one accustomed to getting things done, Has to express independence and confi..."></div> </div> </div>

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