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The Exquisite Art of Blending In

4/3/2014

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The Apostle Paul said

He could be all things

To all men,

An idea I put on

Like a splendid coat

The moment I heard it.

I have practiced long and hard.

I have managed to blend in to

Almost any forest of men:

---Dark mannered young men

Who can't seem to get through

an afternoon without bumping

A puffed up attitude

Against anything that moves.

---Or confident, well manicured,

Professional gentlemen

Who need you to know, without mention,

That the world needs assumed manners

And respected codes of conduct.

---Or beer bellied stevedores

Who can't help a gruff assumption

The world is a cruel place

And against them simply because

They are little educated,

But willing to do work lesser able,

More learned sissies

couldn't and wouldn't.

---Or some fanatic of every sport

Known to man, who has an opinion

About how each team and captain

And coach and player and every other

Fan, if they would only see his

Point of view and do as he is fully certain

Is the only obvious way to do it,

All would be infinitely better

Than in their current state.

---Or even the Republican

Who knows full well he could

Buy and sell me a thousand times over,

Who tolerates my existence because

I might be useful for keeping his

Hands from getting dirty.

I can be all things to all men.

I can meet them where they are.

I can appreciate then, each person

As just another way to do it.

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    j. david gray

    Using a pen, a sharp tongue, and a sense of humor.

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