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Fading Ethics (rate This Pls) by joshadedapo(m): 11:29am On May 03, 2017
Fading Ethics
The Elders of our land who
Understand the ageless parlance and panegyrics
Our customs and traditions cert’ to wane
While being eroded before your very eyes
The creed, ethos and morals you’ve embraced tight
At the prime of your sagacious life

To me I pray heed
Give counsel, make the new ones yield
Tell them life is more than what they see
Advise their unripe men not to parade themselves as ancients,
Trudging with bent backs and bowed heads-
Heads riddled with arrogance and ignorance

Their women should not discard the full garment of shame for pleasure
Esteeming the presence of their husbands instead of passing around untoward slurs
No young lovebird should play the game
When the nest is tender and the feathered friend is yet untamed

If the sage is silent in this period of need,
Then no one should say ‘the young shall grow’
For this one thing I know;
That the presence of an elder in the market
Prevents a child from twisting his neck
-Joshade

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Re: Fading Ethics (rate This Pls) by elfico(m): 4:41am On May 06, 2017
Well written. Nice poem

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Re: Fading Ethics (rate This Pls) by Nobody: 9:06pm On May 07, 2017
wonderful!

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