<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=445189" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Up Close and Vivid</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was a time, <br>I loved agitating.<br>Just to see different expressions, <br>Shown on people's faces.<br>Coming close, <br>To aggravation.<br>I knew my limitations.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had gone to school to learn body language.<br>Interpersonal Communication.<br>And studying 'where' folks' feelings were.<br>You know...<br>Probing from afar.<br>Seeking to discover...<br>With just observation.<br>Who was disturbed...? <br>Who was emotionally disconnected, <br>And unnnerved.<br>And just 'who' was crazed? <br>Living on the edge...<br>Seeking to escape the maze of life.<br>Only to discover my own paranoia! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Today, <br>Few people are trying to hide their disgust! <br>Some are outright enraged.<br>With attempts to masquerade an outrage...<br>Many caring less, <br>If that it is shown on display! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I am not quick to agitate...<br>For experimental purposes.<br>Not today! <br>Too many folks have venom in their eyes.<br>And I've learned to do what I've been trained to do, <br>From my early days of schooling.<br>I either wear my sunshades.<br>Or talk to myself! <br>Choosing to fit right in! <br>But I don't have to take notes today...<br>Too much of this 'stuff' is up close and vivid! <br>And I rehearse ducking...<br>Just in case a wild punch is thrown, <br>On its way to pay a personal visit! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">These are not the times, <br>For one to blindly unwind...<br>To share false pretensions.<br>Too many folks are easily provoked.</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=445189" data-title="Up Close and Vivid de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="There was a time, I loved agitating. Just to see different expressions, Shown on people's faces. Coming close, To aggravation. I knew my limitations. I had gone to school to learn body language. Interpersonal Communication. And studying 'where..."></div> </div> </div>

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