Perceived To Accept A Fall

No one is resistent,
To a barrage of criticisms.
I don't know anyone who is.
But I do know of one who isn't.

A sponge to soak up jokes told to provoke...
By those folks stroking egos,
With a mocking done constantly...
To annoy as others do a snooping,
Close to scope...
Initiates within me a resentment.
And even though I can not prevent what others do...
I can choose to refuse,
An amusement done at my expense.

And I am convinced...
It is not how someone is perceived to accept a fall,
By a misdeed thrown.
It is how someone takes a hit,
And gets over it quickly!
With an advantage taken that clearly benefits.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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