To Help Evil Succeed
For the Moment of Silence Challenge
Shut windows when voices next door get too loud.
Ignore homeless who shiver or ask for a buck.
Look past teasing others to make someone proud.
Expect that it’s virtue protecting, not luck.
Never give aid to those hopeless or stuck.
Concern yourself not with their needs (just with mine).
Everyone’s selfish. You’re doing just fine.
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Penny Fuller
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Lover of fiction writing and reading. Aspiring global nomad. Woman in science. Most at home in nature. Working my way to an unconventional life, story by story and poem by poem.
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Author note: This is an entry into Kayleigh Fraser's "One of Us" challenge, found here- https://shopping-feedback.today/writers/one-of-us-unofficial-poetry-challenge.%3C/p%3E%3C/a%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="16e5cai">.css-16e5cai{-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-flex-wrap:wrap;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:1rem;-webkit-box-pack:justify;-webkit-justify-content:space-between;-ms-flex-pack:justify;justify-content:space-between;}
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Comments (4)
Very powerful and convicting punch in this! Great use of rhyme and strong challenge entry!
Beautifully written! I love that ending! What a commentary...
Yep! That dies it!!!
Hard hitting and meaningful depiction of that important adage. This is done so well.