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Image: Sacrificing Comforts of
Long Distance Train Travel (here)
Neither here nor there
Face unflagging sacrifice
Compromise their stand
Neutrality breeds contempt
Fence sitters risk positions
A Tanka for Susan's at PU's
Mid-week Motif - neutrality
Uncertain your reference--but fencesitters could get knocked over when the train comes through, for sure.
ReplyDeleteNeutrality breeds contempt.. most certainly Hank, one can not afford to not have an opinion and remain mute. Powerful write.
ReplyDeleteLots of love,
Sanaa
Sometimes you have to pick a side.
ReplyDeletePowerful Often you have to stand up and take position and not sit on the side watching
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I'm one of those fence sitters sometimes! :)
ReplyDeleteSo true.I took the object of the last two lines to be the fence sitter
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Neutrality does bring contempt. No one is totally unbiased, so pretending to be is contemptible.
ReplyDeleteSome thought provoking words Hank.
ReplyDeleteYvonne.
As Cosmo said in his poem, silence is tacit approval, so a silent fence sitter is really saying yes - only contemptibly so!
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