<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=511202" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Scarecrow</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Unblinking eyes always watching, always searching, never seeing, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Stoic man of straw guards the crops, never jumps and never hops, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Black birds of opportunity seek to doom this friendly community, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Menace of flight prey on corn, the village without will forever mourn, <br> <br>Absent of straw they would all die, if not for this man who never lies, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He cannot fly, he cannot speak, without his presence the crows havoc would wreak, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">His job is thankless, he is not paid, without jest he is portrayed, <br> <br>He will not quit, he will not sway, the flying apparitions will lose this day, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though he cannot speak or ever murmur, he watches as the crow gather, ready to murder, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Man of straw ready to fight, every day and every night, he fights for life, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He braces for the end and thinks of his friends, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The black cloud of death draws ever near and the scarecrow never shows fear, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">All moments of carnage and chaos must come to an end, even if the Strawman must die for his friends, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For his death he is always ready, blood never pumping, for he's brain-dead already, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">To be alive is not bleeding nor breathing, but living with a meaning, <br> <br>The Strawman's will is strong and true, he will stand tall no matter what they do, <br> <br>His friends in danger and doomed to die, more time is all he can buy, <br> <br>Masks of fright they all wear, a fight to the death is never fair, masks of death everywhere, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">As death from above comes ever near, all he can do is watch them with a smile and a sneer, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">If time for his friends is all he can buy, then today is a good day to die.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ruik+Caldorn">Ruik Caldorn</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=511202" data-title="The Scarecrow de Ruik Caldorn" data-description="Unblinking eyes always watching, always searching, never seeing, Stoic man of straw guards the crops, never jumps and never hops, Black birds of opportunity seek to doom this friendly community, Menace of flight prey on corn, the village wit..."></div> </div> </div>

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