This Poem was Submitted By: Mark Steven Scheffer On Date: 2012-08-30 10:11:41 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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For The "Good Guys"

                                                                    For Father Tom                                                            but there's that one thing,                                                            that one thing                                                            no need to mention it                                                            not one a once and done thing,                                                            either                                                            no need to speculate, my friend                                                            you know it, let's leave it                                                            i have my own                                                            most likely sex's involved                                                            shit, you went and mentioned it                                                            (it's the secret that ain't a secret.                                                            it's the mirror for ugly,                                                             the balance to blame)                                                            good                                                            guys                                                            my                                                             ass.

Copyright © August 2012 Mark Steven Scheffer

This Poem was Critiqued By: Ellen K Lewis On Date: 2012-09-03 23:12:11
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
OOOO MSS.... Its an awesome work. You got this reader fired up!! You set me up from the beginning, with "good guys" and Father Tom.... I like the way you brought the unmentionable thing right out into the open without ever stating the thing! You admission not to mention it is a pretty good point! shit, you went and mentioned it Very clever. A surprise smile in the midst of what I anticipate to be anguishing. It gave me time to take a deep breath and adjust my attitude as I continue reading. it's the secret that ain't a secret. <obviously it's the mirror for ugly, << cause for reaction from the reader, the emotion complete the balance to blame) <<<< pondering...its very open...like a window shaded by shadows, leaving me wondering...balance? measured by the weights of shame? I like the style. The whole thing is provocative, and disgusting, and how ironic that you added a laugh. Nice work! ~smile~ Ellen

This Poem was Critiqued By: Tony P Spicuglia On Date: 2012-09-03 11:36:57
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
A very candid prose. Of course the image you give us is probably exactly the image you want us to have, Father Tom notwithstanding. It could be Brother Jerry, or Sister Mary Kay, or many far worse than any of those. How does one measure worse? There lies the ides of judgment. However you brilliantly skirt the issue by identifying what they are not, rather than what they are – good guys my ass. This is a much greater element in your piece than I think you know. Maybe you do know and the strategic placement is more brilliant than I thought. I do not like to laud a poem that speaks of such terrible instances. That said, I want to laud the author who chose to expose the sinner rather than dispose of the institution. Maybe that is the whole point of the good guys and bad guys. How much good wouldn’t be done by the real good guys if all was destroyed by holding the bad guys to the fire? Thanks for sharing this piece.
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