Think Three Times - edit

[Mark A Becker]

Hey duke-
I haven't changed a word, yet suggest going with three, five line stanzas, to reflect symmetry with the title:


Think Three Times

Please do not ever think
that if you abuse and victimize
men who look like the men
who once victimized and abused
men who looked like you–

that this worm will turn only once
that righteous wrath is yours alone
that downtrodden people
never will rise up and take revenge
when it’s you that did the treading.

Please do not ever think
you can’t be better
only just as bad–
because the wheel of justice
will not stop with you on top.