<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=443271" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>That Was Many Years Ago</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I was told many years ago, <br>By a college professor...<br>I had a tendency to write and speak, <br>Too lofty.<br>And 'if' I seriously wanted to communicate, <br>My thoughts for others to comprehend...<br>That I should perceive my audience, <br>To have mentalities of Third grade school children.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Well...<br>I did say that was many years ago.<br>Today...<br>No matter what I write or how I speak, <br>I am often asked 'WHERE' I am from? <br>So tempted am I to say...<br>'Somewhere your parents should have dropped you off.<br>Instead of wishing intelligence upon you.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But, <br>Of course...<br>I keep those kind of comments to myself.<br>Especially today, <br>When I would only get a blank stare in return.<br>Or someone telling me to go back to Africa.<br>You know...<br>By those who are not believing Africa to be a huge continent, <br>With places far more advanced than TV depicts.</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=443271" data-title="That Was Many Years Ago de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I was told many years ago, By a college professor... I had a tendency to write and speak, Too lofty. And 'if' I seriously wanted to communicate, My thoughts for others to comprehend... That I should perceive my audience, To have mentalities of..."></div> </div> </div>

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