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Give Em 5

 

By Les Walker, HMP Gartree

 

Do you ever judge a book by its cover?

Do you ever look at a man and judge him by his mug?

Or looked at another and thought him a thug.

And get someone else and think him a lug.

A conclusion formed before he opens his mouth.

So, you close your mind because of what you see.

You’re deaf before he makes a sound.

The guy you see could be a decent Gadge.

When his words come out a total ledge.

Funny, insightful, inspiring, delightful.

But what you see you formed a conclusion.

A conclusion based on your bias illusion.

Or is it our own twisted mind’s delusion?

Is this why we pay so much heed to what we see?

He’s a scruff, a snob, he’s thin, he’s fat.

Look at the state of him he must be a tw”t.

Could it be a human nature to say what we see?

And what we see is how it must be.

Or is that an excuse so people can be prats.

Forming a conclusion because someone’s wearing tat.

Or because he’s thin or because he’s fat.

We need to take 5 and stop being so old hat.

And listen to the person under the tat.

Even if he is thin, fat, scruffy or what.

Without forming conclusion, you may have a good chat.

And even if you don’t and the man is a tw”t.

Then at least you gave him 5 and you can’t be fairer than that.

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