<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=440540" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>One-up-manships</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I don't participate, <br>In one-up-manships.<br>There is no benefit I see from it.<br>And what in return does one get? <br>Another risking of common sense? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember as a child, <br>When it was fun to play the 'dozens'.<br>Fun to berate a friend's mother.<br>As something done to irritate...<br>Understood as a joke to play on another.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today those games can not be played.<br>Unless someone is seeking, <br>To be hurt in a physical way.<br>Since any one-up-manship persisted...<br>Will lead a child seeking revenge with a weapon.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To then declare an innocence.<br>As a defense! <br>With a self satisfying look, <br>Of a smugged seriousness!</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=440540" data-title="One-up-manships de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I don't participate, In one-up-manships. There is no benefit I see from it. And what in return does one get? Another risking of common sense? I remember as a child, When it was fun to play the 'dozens'. Fun to berate a friend's mother. As som..."></div> </div> </div>

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