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Silent running Aug 18, 2012

  

if you stay silent

 you become invisible

like an old submarine movie

where the bad guys have to guess

 where the good guys are

and try to blow them

out of the water anyway with depth charges

silence isn't golden

and even if you keep your mouth shut

 you can't guarantee survival

or keeping all those precious things

you have clawed your way to collect

what they want what you have

by they you might mean  me

they will get it if you

 don't fight to keep it

and being quiet

going under the sonar or radar won't do

you intimidate me

because you are powerful on the surface

though as it turns out

your jelly underneath

 vibrating to each attack

so shaken you can't fight back

our stares might shoot through you

but only out of envy

 this sense you have what we may never get

you need to stay visible on the surface

where we all can see just how powerful you really are


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