Dwarfed

                                     Brenda Bryant

SCENIC SUNDAY

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DWARFED

Poor David! Put in perspective

By a clump of towering trees!

Nature has a sneaky way

Of bringing us to our knees.

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NEVER JUDGE

Never judge a book by it's cover;

Jack Nicholson may be a honey-pot;

It's only when we see him on the silver screen

That we decide that he is not.

He comes over as so abrasive

And a handful in many ways.

His alarming teeth dismay us,

As does his Saturnine gaze.

That may be  just a screen persona;

He may have to pretend like mad;

He may find it hard acting tough-guy;

He may be 'good' playing at 'bad'.

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Whereas someone like Jimmy Stewart,

Who came over as a honey-bun,

May have been a thorough bastard

Finding playing at sweet was fun!

He may have kicked the furniture

Before he went on-stage;

He may have been consumed with fits

Of the most unlikely rage!

We tend to believe the portrayal

We see up there on the screen.

I wonder how many alter egos

There have actually been.

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'He doesn't look like a criminal'......

How often I've said that,

When it's the TV news time

And a 'crim's' what I'm looking at.

We like things in neat little boxes

And a sense of loss is felt

If people don't look the way they should......

It's hitting below the belt!

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