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Differentiating
by Alexander Goldstein → (All Poetry by Alexander Goldstein)
Saturday, March 11, 2017    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Men from of old

Consider being employed

As a mark of ability,
 
And not being so employed
 
As a mark of uselessness;
 
Success as entitling to fame,
 
And the want of it as disgrace.
 
The men of the present day
 
Who follow this method
 
Of differentiating
 
Are like the mosquito
 
And the iron rhino --
 
There is no difference
 
Between them.
 
 
It's only the complete of them
 
Who can be both skilful,
 
Heavenwards and
 
Good manwards.
 
As an old saying goes,
 
'Only an insect can play insect, 

Only a beast shows beast nature.'

 


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 Reviews of "Differentiating"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on March 11, 2017
That's what nostalgia is… Differentiating between the past and the present. For some strange reason, the past seems better for what one has forgotten, rather than what it actually was.

Ron

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on March 11, 2017
As you eloquently portray, we are a society that just can't live in its own skin, always seeking out many of the elements you mention. It's pitiful in a way that costume after costume, make-up after make-up can seem to perform the magic of self respect so many wish.

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on March 11, 2017
I guess we all have to be who we are, whether it be insect or rhino. That would be the first step on the road to acting according to our true nature. John


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