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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Can\u2019t take It Anymore<\/strong><\/p>\n My patience is running mighty thin.<\/p>\n I am your whipping post again & again.<\/p>\n Drive another nail into my crucifixion.<\/p>\n But, I can\u2019t redeem your sinful affliction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Your tongue is like a nine pound sledge.<\/p>\n Breaking down my feeble hedge.<\/p>\n Defense mechanisms just won\u2019t do.<\/p>\n When you come slamming your way through.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You leave me laying as a mental wreck.<\/p>\n A shell, my former confidence, a speck.<\/p>\n Destroyed, to never raise again.<\/p>\n Do you feel proud that you always win?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You are a mental vampire.<\/p>\n Making truth into a liar.<\/p>\n You would make even Dracula proud.<\/p>\n Your abilities stand out loud.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Others say \u201cWhat\u2019s the matter with you?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhy are you always acting the fool?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLetting her kick your heart around.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhile you crawl on your belly, like a clown.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Their observations are all right on.<\/p>\n I have groveled and it is wrong.<\/p>\n Time for me to walk like a man.<\/p>\n I am out of here as fast as I can.—————R. W. Johnson—–(2014)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Can\u2019t take It Anymore My patience is running mighty thin. I am your whipping post again & again. Drive another nail into my crucifixion. But, I can\u2019t redeem your sinful affliction. Your tongue is like a nine pound sledge. Breaking down my feeble hedge. Defense mechanisms just won\u2019t do. When you come … Continue reading Can’t Take It Anymore<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,2,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-lessons","category-romance","category-tragedy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1017,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions\/1017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}