<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=442072" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Self-rewarding Pat On the Backs</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A fading influence, <br>Is protected from ruin.<br>And from the eyes of those, <br>That have been overdosed...<br>With, <br>Excited.<br>Invited.<br>Self-rewarding, <br>Pat on the backs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A fading influence, <br>Is protected from ruin.<br>And from the eyes of those, <br>That have been overdosed...<br>With, <br>Excited.<br>Invited.<br>Self-rewarding, <br>Pat on the backs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And sit relaxed...<br>Like, <br>Fat cats! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Shoveled away, <br>Is the scent of manure.<br>People who endured it, <br>Reached and sought for better days.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some folks who stayed, <br>Pray on wounded knees.<br>Hoping that the sky will open, <br>To release, <br>Gold trimmed silver trinkets as they please.<br>And some sneeze from the gold dust rubbed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With, <br>Excited.<br>Invited.<br>Self-rewarding, <br>Pat on the backs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hoping that the sky will open, <br>To release, <br>Gold trimmed silver trinkets as they please.<br>And some sneeze from the gold dust rubbed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With, <br>Excited.<br>Invited.<br>Self-rewarding, <br>Pat on the backs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And from the eyes of those, <br>That have been overdosed...<br>A fading influence, <br>Is protected from ruin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">With, <br>Excited.<br>Invited.<br>Self-rewarding, <br>Pat on the backs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Excited.<br>Invited.<br>Self-reward ing, <br>Pat on the backs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Pat on the backs, <br>Like relaxed fat cats!</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=442072" data-title="Self-rewarding Pat On the Backs de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="A fading influence, Is protected from ruin. And from the eyes of those, That have been overdosed... With, Excited. Invited. Self-rewarding, Pat on the backs. A fading influence, Is protected from ruin. And from the eyes of those, That have ..."></div> </div> </div>

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