Self control

Poem of the week

By IsntLifeBrilliant

Fri, 05 Nov 2010
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7 comments
 

Somewhere between impulse and action,
when our betters are absent
their posts, momentarily abandoned;
there lies the possibility
of something awful.

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Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on
this made me laugh (nervously) - it's very good!

 

Submitted by IsntLifeBrilliant on
Thank you, I know what you mean. I'm not sure I had originally intended the piece to be quite so menacing when I set out to write it.

 

Submitted by tcook on
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Submitted by shoe on
Succinct but also satisfying! congratulations on POW, this deserves to be widely read.

 

Submitted by IsntLifeBrilliant on
oh wow, thank you, I'm chuffed.

 

Submitted by simonbarget on
I would say 'lies the opportunity for something good.' It could really go either way.

Submitted by barryj1 on
The term 'awful' can be interpreted differently, depending on the reader's mindset. Nice poem! Says a ton about the human condition in a meager handful of words.

barryj1