<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=441928" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Scratched And Muddied</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have often heard it said to me, <br>I should not base my negative opinion...<br>On what a few nasty people have said to me, <br>Or about me and to others who have accepted...<br>Those comments made intentionally.<br>Especially those made over the many years, <br>And at my expense directed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And usually someone will come along, <br>With eyes beaming bright unaware of the history...<br>Who will say, <br>'People are like that all over the place.<br>You should not take what people do to you personally.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I look down at my feet.<br>And at the shoes I wear.<br>With this comment I will make...<br>'How often have you worn my shoes? <br>And when was the last time you shined them, <br>When they became scratched and muddied? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then I leave cordially.<br>I dislike it when someone associates me, <br>With the killing of their fresh and glowing enthusiasm.<br>I like to keep my 'veteran' status undetectable.<br>And for as long as possible.</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=441928" data-title="Scratched And Muddied de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I have often heard it said to me, I should not base my negative opinion... On what a few nasty people have said to me, Or about me and to others who have accepted... Those comments made intentionally. Especially those made over the many years, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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