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6d
“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”

Margaret Thatcher

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right your writ,
to the high
est

standard of
your satisfaction

when they tell you,
get topical, or even worse
AIM TO PLEASE,
be hip, never gray,
or to grab the edge
with just one hand
to prove if you need
that forced bravery is
a falsehood of youth

tell them flat out to
take that red marker,
to shove it up their
scholarly *******

you’ll know pretty quickly
those who’ll line up beside ya,
not behind ya, and jump in
front, they don’t desire your
liking, and nor it, do they deserve

it cuts both ways, both ends are
not the means, ‘cept means to a
unsatisfactory ending, dishonorable

ah, yes to thine
owned* self be true...
Oct 12, 2024 from my draft fil
Nat Lipstadt
Written by
Nat Lipstadt  M/nyc
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