Image: Crying out loud!
have you not seen the grain
acting silly making oneself funny
but others view it with disdain
not taking you seriously
act serious and unsmiling
then one appears to be a terror
when acting indifferent seems boring
the circle of friends start to disappear
(44 words)
Lillian at d'Verse - Quadrille Monday
- lighten up a bit
Very nice picture of that penguin. Being either funny or a terror can have strange effects on one's friends.
ReplyDeleteYou can't win for losing. Good description of ambivalence.
ReplyDeleteVery well put Hank, I can relate to your verse.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Yvonne.
Don't know which way to act!
ReplyDeleteThe key here is in the first line:
ReplyDeleteHave you not seen the grain?
As in.....don't overdo one way or another....flow with the grain and fit in. Sometimes I don't do that very well! :)
haha - I've been called a fool before but, at least I have fun.
ReplyDeleteloved that second stanza...reading you after a long time!
ReplyDeleteCan be a bucket of worms either way sometimes
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