We all know that person who belligerently holds to a view that is both destructive and obtuse. This little ditty comes out of that knowledge… what do you do when entitlement is all that matters?

Your Estimation

There is nothing in me
that wishes you ill 
or harm at any time...

But there is something
in my chest that balks
loudly when you talk...

Talk about hating people
who have done you wrong
or treated you badly,

In your estimation.

And often I look at you
with pity and sorrow 
as you’ve come so low...

But you continue to talk
and grimace and flail against 
the machinery you built,

Thinking that it isn’t fair...
that you deserve more
than others just like you,

In your estimation. 

I have long since turned away...
embarrassed by your dedication
to your childish tantrums;

All the ways you stomp and pout
about the conspiracy growing
in your colorful imagination.

The world, it would seem, 
owes you more than it owes
anyone who doesn’t look like you…

In your estimation. 

Cheers!

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