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DIRECT SPEECH

   
to be nice is to smile into peoples' face  
rejoice when they echo, or else, just pass  
and to be nice is to say Hello to your foe  
not from weakness, but from a heart's force      
   
to be generous, is just to give what you own  
what you need more, that you'd be deprived of  
to feel the need of others, more than yours  
and thus take this part of you, to then offer  
   
loose yourself and mix with those you abhor  
the hateful feelings won't exist ever more                                                
they are only your own mindset and prejudice  
give them alibis, they are humans nonetheless  
   
so, put your arrogance aside, act on the fly  
what within you will surge in its spontaneity  
if wrongly negative, just apologize Bona-Fide  
The positive response ever appeals to either side  
   
address them on the level they see things  
more redundant wording will distract the mind  
and what you first intended, could be spoiled  
no Rhetoric or metaphor, one-line speech can win
Written by poeticdelight (Hamid)
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