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The Narcissist
by Sherry L Asbury → (All Poetry by Sherry L Asbury)
Monday, January 21, 2019    Rated "G" by the Author.
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What I think is wrong with America


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 A Narcissist knows only one kind of love,

the love of self and the desires of a selfish mind
They know not consideration for others at all,
know not how to be compassionate or even kind
 
What they want, they must have at any cost
Seeing the needs of others is beyond their ken
Given a choice of who to serve, a Narcissist will
choose himself and his comfort again and again
 
We have become a Narcissistic nation in America
with everyone focused on what they want and need
We have no regard for our brothers, no matter who
We sit by as injustice reigns and people bleed
 
From where this heinous seed took root and grew
might be from the excesses that flood this nation
We no longer struggle as we once did to survive
so an inward-turning society became a new creation
 
We build walls to keep struggling families out
so that we do not have to share a bit of our wealth
Psychology says this is ****a feature of mental disorder.****
Our nation is falling into a failure in mental health
 
At the head of this leap into the abyss is a leader
whose Narcissism knows no bounds or borders
that can kept in check by a wall of any type or kind
His needs and desires rival that of a million hoarders
 
Complacency is the enemy, America, good men
who do nothing allow the festering of mighty evil
Soon he may find a reason for the nuclear bombs to fly
Even the good amongst us will be beyond retrieval 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 Reviews of "The Narcissist"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on January 22, 2019
In this poem you have written an article decrying the narcissism that takes over people enamored with themselves and their desires. Since wealth seems to be translatable into any desire, wealth is more desired and people who are wealthy are more desired. Somehow, having wealth makes one a, "good," person.

But it has always been so for those of came to North America and wrested land from the people already living here. They called it, Eminent Domain, a convenient way of saying, "I'm better than you are. Let me take your stuff."

Ron

Reviewed by John Domino
Reviewed on January 22, 2019
WOW! A PERFECT POEM FOR OBUMMER! Nice one!

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on January 21, 2019
No truer words were ever spoken. Ditto what Michael said below.

Reviewed on January 21, 2019
No one is perfect, Trump is not either, but to attack the president while he's doing his job is tasteless. I am a Trump supporter, I try not to make my post political on this poetry board. If I ever want to post political posts to offend others, there are a lot more people whom I can offend in Facebook. I would leave the few people here alone to enjoy the poetry board!

Sandie

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on January 21, 2019
I truly hope the pendulum swings back. We are on an unsustainable path if it doesn't. We need a leader who leads, and not one who wants to rule like a king.


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