LEADERS - not followers

Monday, August 17, 2009

SUBTERFUGE

For Monday Poetry Train Revisited
Also NaiSai Ku Challenge
And The American Sandwich


SUBTERFUGE

I tricked you into thinking you were capable of reading my mind.
What you were really reading, were the thoughts that I had written for you.
Does that make me a good leader, or a domineering demagogue?



Am I a martyr
Or Judas Iscariot?
No, I’m Spartacus
MAKE YOUR MIND UP TIME
I’m no Spartacus
Nor Judas Iscariot
I’m not a martyr
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9 comments:

  1. anthonynorthAugust 17, 2009 at 2:52 PM

    An excellent, questioning outing today.
    Enjoyed both.

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  2. Susan Helene GottfriedAugust 17, 2009 at 7:10 PM

    Manipulative bastard.

    Sorry, Stan. That was my first reaction, caused in no small part by some events in my own real life at the moment... but hey, as writers, we WANT to evoke strong reactions from our readers, right?

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  3. Linda JacobsAugust 18, 2009 at 3:47 AM

    Hmm...an interesting question!

    I like how you crafted the repetitions!

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  4. Stan SkiAugust 18, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    Thanks to:
    Anthony; Perhaps we don't know ourselves as well as we think we do.
    Susan; I think it's a trick we all play from time to time.
    Linda; Sometimes we stand by our beliefs - sometimes we deny them - most of the time we just go with popular opinion.

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  5. Julia Phillips SmithAugust 18, 2009 at 10:13 PM

    Love Subterfuge. Excellent.

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  6. Stan SkiAugust 19, 2009 at 6:04 AM

    Thanks Julia; Mind games...

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  7. Wendy NaisaAugust 19, 2009 at 7:45 AM

    Nicely Stan, thanks for playing along!!
    -Andy Sewina

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  8. gautami tripathyAugust 19, 2009 at 3:54 PM

    Mind games..I like that!

    this journey started the right way

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  9. Stan SkiAugust 20, 2009 at 7:51 AM

    Thanks to:
    Wendy; I enjoy the game.
    Gautami; Just a bit of fun...?

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