Ridicule
A hair-lipped fellow, to compound his troubles,
developed a serious problem with stutter.
Said he, with difficulty, to his impatient friends,
'Iiiee gggoo ttoue rrruneyh ffforeh ggovnerh.'
(I'm going to run for governor).
They scoffed and sneered, and rejected the jerk.
To nothing would amount such a nerd.
With patience he bore all their ridicule,
never uttered a reviling word.
He took Voice Diction at TCJC,
Assertiveness Training with Deborah Moore.
He took the Governor seat away from Ann Richards
in nineteen ninety and four.
He influenced the House to pass a resolution
prohibiting ridicule in a public place.
Some months later six 'crazy people'
achieved prominence in the human race.
One revolutionized criminal justice
using hypnotism to alter the brain.
Two promoted regular space travel
with a nuclear powered astroplane.
One wipes out most of the serious addictions
using compulso-rhythmic monitoring.
Two drastically reduced the rate of suicide
teaching love and kindness and honoring.
As for those ones who did all the scoffing,
well, they get along okay.
Two work sanitation for the city of Dallas.
Three clean along the highway.
3-8-93
By ArtisticPoet48
© 2008 ArtisticPoet48
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