Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks.
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Their Crooks
Members to parliament
Are elected by caste and creed.
Voters know some are crooks.
Yet they chose; they’ll be their crooks.
(02.07.2011)
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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There's a difference between criminals and crooks. Crooks steal. Criminals blow some guy's brains out. I'm a crook.
quote by Ronald Biggs
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Hardworkers Not Crooks
Hardworkers,
Not crooks.
Were those I knew,
Who raise early my beliefs.
Maybe perhaps a few of them were thieves.
But none showed me,
An abandonment of greed was fed publicly.
Whatever it took,
To accomplish any deed...
The satisfaction was in the doing.
And not at the expense,
Instilled in my integrity.
Materialism and other 'isms'
Of all kinds.
Was never on my agenda.
Or made to prioritize in my mind.
I needed to keep my identity defined.
And hardworkers not crooks,
Made sure that discovery was not hard for me to find!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Crooks
It may be a little harsh,
To label what they do as such.
Perhaps another approach...
Would qualify their activities,
In a reproach that dignifies them
In our eyes.
How about 'lifters' of goodwill?
The term 'thieves' implies
Something done with merriment.
And today these 'misdeeds',
Are much too common!
Immediately an image of urban dwellers
Comes to mind!
You know...
The kind that are struggling to survive?
If we call them 'crooks'...
And dress them in suits and ties,
With briefcases and horn rimmed glasses...
Would that deliver the message quicker?
If they were placed in settings,
At the pinnacles of all that's cherished...
With worshipped ideologies,
AND adorn them with respected credentials.
Then we will feel less guilty,
When it is realized they represent
Our utmost values!
Let's just call them 'crooks'...?
And redefine our standards!
Only then,
Will all of our pretentiousness...
Come to an end!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Well, I'm used to rubbing shoulders with crooks and criminals.
quote by Jason Statham
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Soon crooks the tree That good gambrel would be.
World Go 'Round
In the quickness of our haste
It seems we forget how to live
The old blueprint
No longer manifests itself
As the correct way to excist
Wipe the grime off the viewhole
And please take a closer look
Enviromental bandits
Up to their shenanigans
Crooks disquised...
We've got to find another way
To make the world go 'round
Our indivigual roles we think
Not so important to the plot
The big picture unseen
Leaving life un between
Destroyed and overwrought
There's no need to point the finger
We understand who takes the blame
Dilinquents caught
Red-handed in the act
Crooks disquised as you and I
We've got to find another way
To make the world go 'round
You see there's many many many
People in the world
And I'm not sure if I like
What I've heard I'm not sure if I like
What I'm doing myself
I'm not sure if I like how it turns
Degragation Violation
Inexcusable exploitation It's the dawning of a new era
People consciously don't care
How unfair
We've gotta find another way
To make the world go 'round
song performed by by No Doubt from Tragic Kingdom
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Airly crooks the Tree that good Lammock should be.
Vocal and With Media Means
Many vocal,
And with media means!
Continue to defend...
Their decaying beliefs,
And abundant ignorance.
With claims to be conservative,
With interests to protect...
A decadent way of life.
That has been influenced by an absence,
Of standards proclaimed they maintain!
A declining of humanity,
Has imprints of their corruption.
Conflicts they have inspired...
By their self centered eruptions.
An economy has deplenished...
From an active greed they have practiced.
And all the signs are clearly there,
Their actions have distracted away from unity!
And they betray with deceit!
Crooks and thieves...
With demonic intentions!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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World Go Round
In the quickness of our haste
It seems we forget how to live
The old blueprint
No longer manifests itself
As the correct way to exist
Wip the grime off the view hold
And please take a closer look
Enviromental bandits
Up to their shenanigans
Crooks disguised...
Weve got to fid another way
To make the world go round
Our individual roles we think
Not so important to the plot
The big pictures unseen
Leaving life in between
Destoryed and overwrought
Theres no need to paint the finger
We understand who takes the blame
Deliquents caught
Red-handed in the act
Crooks disguised as you and i
Weve got to find another way
To make the world go round
You see theres many many many
People in the world
And Im not sure if I like
What Ive heard
Im not sure if I like
What Im doing myself
Im not sure if I like how it turns
Degradation
Violation
Inexcusable exploitation
Its the dawning of a new era
People consciously dont care
How unfair
Weve got to find another way
To make the world go round
song performed by by No Doubt
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World Go Round
In the quickness of our haste
It seems we forget how to live
The old blueprint
No longer manifests itself
As the correct way to exist
Wip the grime off the view hold
And please take a closer look
Enviromental bandits
Up to their shenanigans
Crooks disguised...
Weve got to fid another way
To make the world go round
Our individual roles we think
Not so important to the plot
The big pictures unseen
Leaving life in between
Destoryed and overwrought
Theres no need to paint the finger
We understand who takes the blame
Deliquents caught
Red-handed in the act
Crooks disguised as you and i
Weve got to find another way
To make the world go round
You see theres many many many
People in the world
And Im not sure if I like
What Ive heard
Im not sure if I like
What Im doing myself
Im not sure if I like how it turns
Degradation
Violation
Inexcusable exploitation
Its the dawning of a new era
People consciously dont care
How unfair
Weve got to find another way
To make the world go round
song performed by by Gwen Stefani
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Gloss and Ego
I...
Don't wish to discriminate.
And I...
Choose love to taste and make.
Say I...
Will not laminate my name.
Just to play the game of gloss and ego.
Oh I...
Think about the crooks a lot!
Say I...
See a leeching that can stop.
Yes I...
Believe integrity could save.
And implusively a 'something'
One could nurture.
I...
See purpose in a doubt.
I...
See the use of it as boosting.
And I...
See encouragement released.
When mistakes are made,
To show life isn't slices...
Of Grandma's apples.
Oh I...
Think about the crooks a lot!
Say I...
See a leeching that can stop.
Yes I...
Believe integrity can save.
And implusively a 'something'
One could nurture.
I...
Don't wish to discriminate.
And I...
Choose love to taste and make.
Say I...
Will not laminate my name.
Just to play the game of gloss and ego.
I don't need to do a deed for sequels!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp.
quote by Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.
quote by Fred Allen
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Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.
quote by Mahalia Jackson
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In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.
quote by John Lee Hooker
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Who's Side Is He On?
They are doing the best they can,
To blame him for their slide...
Into obscurity.
And the crooks are on a campaign,
To show him in an unfavorable light.
One to ruin his integrity.
To prove to others,
His efforts wont succeed.
And he is the only one who has led,
To champion the truth.
As many who see this...
Have come to despise,
What the evil doers are pursuing to do.
Knowing that without him...
A demise he tries to prevent,
Will not stop a worship in the devilment.
'Who's side is he on?
He has destroyed our delusions.
And most of our fantasies are gone.
We simply can not have this.
Our values, standards and lifestyles...
Are losing a battle against our pretentiousness,
We must keep defended with an intensity meant.'
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Reality Is...
the good ones die young,
the swindlers thrive and the crooks
progress
the hero unlike in the movies
dies earlier
and the antagonists
party.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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In The Rain
in the rain my friend
you have been croaking with the frogs
and what i hear
is the symphony of crooks
still waddling
in the muddy creek of corruption
if you invite me
i could have sang so well....
(hmmm)
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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The Glass Castle
Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson, Iain Armitage, Sarah Snook, Max Greenfield, Ella Anderson, Shree Crooks
from The Glass Castle (2017)
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