POETRY

Shit Stirrer

free verse poetry

James G Brennan
Paper Poetry
Published in
1 min readAug 30, 2020

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Photo by James. G. Brennan.

Distraction for the benefit
Of one who needs to be accepted,
Only the manner in which
Acceptance is achieved
In the mind of one
With little imagination
Is the very thing to drive
Them further apart
From those they seek to impress.

To find delight in a tongue
Delivering spite
And addictive gossip
For those they find
More popular than themself,
Or just to pick out anyone
They find may be beneficial
To their cause of betterment.

To force sides against their
Desired prey, to claim they are not
Deserving of respect,
Their actions questionable,
Therefore should be removed
From position of friendships
Until humbly yielding and apology
Given to their accusers
Empty benevolence.

Blindly belligerent to loss of respect
From those unfortunate
To bear witness to such bickering
And childish behaviour,
To continue in the manner
Which one believes gains
Respect and popularity
Time after time, until comes that time
They find themselves out on their sorrowful own.

Thank you Suntonu Bhadra for giving my words a platform here at
Paper Poetry… Thank you all for reading. J.

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James G Brennan
Paper Poetry

Writes free to read eclectic free verse poetry. "Everything in life is writable about" Sylvia Plath.