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… crossroads: respect

hold the door open
not just for a friend,  
  
                                             charge like a boar  
                                             to be the first in..  
   
hold hands tightly  
to show where you    
stand,    
   
                                           view of affection    
                                           not in the partner’s  
                                           plan..  
   
pardon me    
works any given day,    
   
                                          “watch out fool  
                                           you’re in the damn  
                                           way”  
   
pull out a chair    
so she can sit down    
                                          
                                            “my seat baby    
                                            why you trying to  
                                             clown”..  
   
she wants to share  
Dutch on the town  
   
                                        “stop being so cheap  
                                         all you get is a  
                                         frown”  
   
understanding and diplomacy    
to circumvent a sin,    
   
                                        pit-bull posturing    
                                        leads straight to the    
                                        pen..  
   
tried it both ways    
                                          one seems to work,  
one like a gentleman    
                                         the other like a jerk,  
 depending on the setting    
                        either can bring dirt,  
   
stand in a cool way    
a mental paycheck,    
please and thank you    
leaving pride on the deck,  
   
a motive to respect    
                           could be the opposite view,  
 comes down to environment  
                          which way you must choose,  
   
whether it be the thug  
or suburban exec,  
love is the clue,  
a personal asset,    
   
no stride will you lose,    
that is a sure bet,  
   
money, fear, and sex,    
   
are not true fulcrums of respect.
Written by OG-Poetry
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Author's Note
respect in a sense is like a language that for the most part is unspoken but almost is always visual.
it is given, used or demanded in every category of life.
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