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Keep Upright!
by Alexander Goldstein → (All Poetry by Alexander Goldstein)
Sunday, May 22, 2016    Rated "G" by the Author.
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How to be sure that your partner

Is truly sincere with you?

Try to be open-eyed and size up

Every single particular, so far
 
As reply is always behind details.
 
The manner he/she wears down

A pair of shoes, the bodily gestures,

Sights and stances will tell you

That all oblique things and
 
Sidelong glances are indications
 
Of one's insincerity.
 
Take also into consideration
 
That each slight divination
 
From the uprightness today

Will very soon bring both sides

To a great gap in relationships;

So, keep upright, as in heavy seas.

If you want to keep your relations

Rock-steady and for a long time,

You have to learn the way

To be soft and gentle. As it fairly goes,

"The soft and curved get over

The hard and bonelike straight."

At the same time please don't forget

He who fusses over anything spoils it;

He who holds anything tightly loses it.


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 Reviews of "Keep Upright!"
Reviewed by Diana Wiles
Reviewed on May 22, 2016
Keep soft and gentle,
....and the strings loose...
Diana

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on May 22, 2016
Some sound pieces of advice here, easier said perhaps than done. Still, it's worth a try. Thanks for reminding us of the righteousness of being flexible amid the straight and gentle/soft amid the bonelike. Great images. John

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on May 22, 2016
Wise words written here


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