A Potpourri of Aphoristic Verses
Confronted with the truth, some will embrace it,
While others, sadly, will refuse to face it.
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The underestimation of a rival
Is not the surest pathway to survival.
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When power brokers squint and get all pensive,
The huddled masses grow more apprehensive.
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Although you might be used to unearned unctions,
At some point you must execute your functions.
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Old gents and geriatric ladies
Set thermostats into the eighties.
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You’re lucky if you don’t know how it feels
When frenzied hounds are snapping at your heels.
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Align with your humanity;
Be what you were designed to be.
C.B. Anderson was the longtime gardener for the PBS television series, The Victory Garden. Hundreds of his poems have appeared in scores of print and electronic journals out of North America, Great Britain, Ireland, Austria, Australia and India. His collection, Mortal Soup and the Blue Yonder was published in 2013 by White Violet Press.
