glaring standard
friends with mettle tell me
only after i ask
what calamities
have near-felled them
their courage not to whine
makes all the more glaring
and pathetic the current standard
of men’s behavior
friends with mettle tell me
only after i ask
what calamities
have near-felled them
their courage not to whine
makes all the more glaring
and pathetic the current standard
of men’s behavior
Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.