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DOG EAT DOG
It is dog eat dog.
Sounds strange or rough?
It is a dog-eat-dog world.
Still sounds screwy or weird?
Want to interpret
The sense of the statements?
Purity and grit
Are the requirements.
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The body calls for rebuilding
With every solar day passing.
Answering the call of nature,
Cleaning and shaping
The frame and figure.
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The home calls for cleansing
At the lark’s song every morning.
The office calls for washing or moping
Before its every spell of functioning.
They are more than willing
To bear the billing.
Are they equally willing
To purify the mind of its dust settling?
Are they equally willing
To purge the heart of its bad feeling(s)?
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The mind calls for its detoxing
Every morning.
The heart calls for its cleansing
Every morning.
For, without a pure heart,
It is a serious fraud.
For, without a pure mind,
It is a shroud.
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A coward, sans foresight,
Or a deceitful heart, sans insight,
Can gratify their desire(s)
In the dog-eat-dog lair.
In the silly game,
They befool you and you befool them.
Some people still away from the dangerous game
Might get closer to them.
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They flow in the glow of luxuries
At the cost of innocent fellow-beings.
Even the most popular persons become
A part of the game.
They have the mind
To be money-minting-man-machines.
They have not the mind
To remove corrupt practices.
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They have the will
To be VIPs.
They have not the will
To put people at their ease.
They have dream houses,
Yet no home.
They lead paradoxical blushes,
In their dog-eat-dog dome.
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A nature loving soul
Is always admirable.
A thoughtful soul
Is always humble.
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A holy soul sees
The light from the ethereal blue.
A loving soul breezes
In sans adieu.
A selfless soul
Is as rare as an ethereal goal
That always charms
With its peace and calm.
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You are wonderfully unique.
You can stop it being
Dog eat dog.
You are pure musique.
You can seek and forespeak
Cosmic mystique.
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Shekhar
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