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A Poem by Ookpik
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I think sometimes that its better
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To save one's words for when they matter.
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So many people waste their words,
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Mince them or manipulate them,
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That at times I feel its better
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To have abstained from giving them at all.
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I think sometimes, that it's wiser to wait -
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To hold the sentiment in the back pocket,
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Like a wrist watch or a tissue,
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For a moment when its lasting affect
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Might prove to be of more effect
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Than had you chosen to deliver it et al.
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There are so many moments in this life 
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Where words can alter the fabric,
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Butterfly a course or interfere with its magic,
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And I think then, knowing the precariousness of the action,
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That it's better to be mute, anticipating the occasion,
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Than to scribble haphazard hindsight
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In the hopes that they might find fruition.
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How silly a thing it is then
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To write something like this down.
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© 2019 Ookpik


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Ookpik
Ookpik

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