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A Poem read it if you wish
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Pine Tree Savage
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here's a great old poem.

"If" by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;


If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son! - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:17pm
Natalie
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you are a severe geek. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 2:25pm
Neil
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Sucks when a girl calls you a geek. I would know. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 2:27pm
Natalie
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nice, this is becoming like dr phil. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 2:45pm
Onemosphere
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Natalie looks like Bo Derek. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 3:45pm
Natalie
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who is bo derek? sounds manly, rawr. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 3:48pm
Gman
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"who is bo derek?"

holy shit i must be 50 years old - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 6:28pm
Kimberleykaos
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* Bo's hot - it's a compliment. * - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 6:50pm
Luc
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That is a fucking rad poem! I swear that fat kid is about to explode, must not be takin 'nuff ritalin! - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 8:50pm
the pine tree savage
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Hmmm the kid is funney, just dont stop.
The poem is over 150 years old. I like it - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 9:02pm
the pine tree savage
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I guess I am a severe geek.
I dont mind, I got what I need - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 9:08pm
The Wolf
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This kid is Funny too in a sad way... - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 9:13pm
Pine Tree Savage
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He is saying,"You gonna finish that?" - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 9:36pm
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