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Jan 2016
Slogans of exhortation---ubiquitous-
they baffle and frighten me
many are far-flung and iniquitous
from such I steer away to keep myself free.

I am no prophet, no seer
no leader nor teacher
a common man here
in a far-away corner

trying to make some sense
of my weary life--even managing
myself is such an immense
task--- slogans-throwing?-

that would be the greatest folly
when I was a lad, my parents said to me
'Β Β Learn to be independent, love yourself properly'
how wise those words--I've kept them and avoided so many a misery.
Written by
MS Lim  Melbourne, Australia
(Melbourne, Australia)   
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