<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=446552" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Without Benefit of a Thaw</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I can be cold.<br>And can detail my reasons.<br>I can choose anger to sit...<br>And have that expressed, <br>As if I were a ventriloquist! <br>Without moving my lips...<br>Giving much attitude, <br>That could be felt! <br>Throwing my 'inner' voice about! <br>Wherever I am.<br>And with different sounds of pain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am gifted to suppress that...<br>And not show how deep that is.<br>I can be humorous about it too.<br>Entertaining the best of crowds.<br>Trust me, <br>I am very familiar with 'showbiz'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">However...<br>Don't patronize what you surmise, <br>As a shallow understanding...<br>Of life.<br>And how I live mine.<br>I understand too well! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I can be cold.<br>And can detail my reasons.<br>I can choose anger to sit...<br>And have that expressed, <br>As if I were a ventriloquist! <br>Without moving my lips...<br>Giving much attitude, <br>That could be felt! <br>Throwing my 'inner' voice about! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You would not know where to go, <br>To exit from my wrath.<br>But you will know when I am cold.<br>You ever hear the expression, <br>'If looks could kill? '<br>I will not take that kind of time.<br>In my mind...<br>You will just be frozen, <br>Out of existence.<br>Without benefit of a thaw! <br>And I do the best I can, <br>Not to stoop that low.<br>However...<br>There are always a few <br>Who choose to preview, <br>The presentation! <br>And I deliver to them their shivers.</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=446552" data-title="Without Benefit of a Thaw de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I can be cold. And can detail my reasons. I can choose anger to sit... And have that expressed, As if I were a ventriloquist! Without moving my lips... Giving much attitude, That could be felt! Throwing my 'inner' voice about! Wherever I am. ..."></div> </div> </div>

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