Eleven . . . experiment in form (three poems in one)
                                                                on the eve of the Western New Year

Quiet Anger

By Stormcat

there's the kind that kills

                                    that that's held

inside the kind that

builds eventually the person

is seething behind

a smile the kind

that release is

inevitable hope

you don't hurt someone

else when it happens

hope too you survive it

there's the kind that helps

that that's righteous

indignation stimulated

by inequality ineptitude

inefficiency . . . stupidity

it boils out

focused on that iniquity . . .

focused on righting

attacking the whole

righting the wrong

changing something for all

so is quiet anger

strength or weakness

fight what

tolerate what

ignore what

engage what

justify tolerance as weakness

condemn rebellion as treason

egregious acts aside

world issues are

superfluous

If I were a better man

I wouldn't feel so angry

I'd be more understanding

of life and all its complexities

I'd know when to rail

against the status quo

I'd never let anger

get the best

I'd never even have

anger

much less keep it quiet

Ha

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