<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=575754" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Convention</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There was a convention<br>Of hypocrites<br>That convened in redundant<br>Adulation<br>But he was not invited<br>The man of the Daring Deuce.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They spouted their<br>Aspersions<br>Redeemed their<br>Aspirations<br>Towering mediocrity<br>To dwarf the voice<br>That shatters glass<br>And mingles with<br>The blood of Earth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No, he was not invited<br>But conveniently<br>Exposed<br>To ridicule<br>Behind his back<br>They laughed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">How clever their<br>Indignity<br>How infinite their<br>Reach<br>To touch the stars<br>One need only<br>Lower<br>The sky.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>(Previously published in The Courtship of Winds, Issue 1, January 2000)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Laurence+Overmire">Laurence Overmire</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=575754" data-title="The Convention de Laurence Overmire" data-description="There was a convention Of hypocrites That convened in redundant Adulation But he was not invited The man of the Daring Deuce. They spouted their Aspersions Redeemed their Aspirations Towering mediocrity To dwarf the voice That shatters glass And ..."></div> </div> </div>

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