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Smiths and Joneses Rise Together
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"There is more that is than what you can see"


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Smiths and Joneses Rise Together

Downward upward mobility fueled
The Smiths and the Joneses as they dueled
Small claims by small names carried to extremes
One could hardly keep up with the other
Pursuing their upwardly downward dreams
But looking back now why did they bother?

And oh how they bothered yet even so
They never bothered to learn what I know
The hard way from bitter experience
Being petty makes a big difference
And one very much for the worst it seems
I want to aim high and transcend all this

Squabblers are trapped in each other's embrace
Being right is relative after all
They curse each other when they want to kiss
Are sad to the back but mad to the face
And puffing themselves to get big get small
Small claims by small names carried to extremes

One name is as big as another when
All names are respected but until then
We seek our true upward mobility
And grow to full size when we realize
Mere utility is futility
Unreal is as real in reality

There is more that is than what you can see
Outside and inside of you and of me
Appearance is not the worth of a thing
And can prove paradoxical at best
Just as mine is marked by my suffering
As well as by my joy and all the rest

However I may appear I am here
However it looks and am looking for
An upward mobility without fear
One without an interpersonal war
Where people are people not means nor ends
And Smiths and Joneses rise together friends

+Steven Curtis Lance


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Reviewed by Edwin Hurdle
Reviewed on November 24, 2009
Good poem Steve.take care of yourself


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