insults
raze
a
man
walks
into
a
tavern,
weak
and
white
-haired
and
ground
down
by
life
.
he
takes
a
seat
at
the
bar
beside
a
man
half
his
age
.
the
younger
man
smiles
.
"
you're
carrying
some
real
damage
,"
he
says
. "
i
can
see
it
."
"
you
don't
know
a
thing
about
me
,"
the
older
man
says
. "
i'd
press
a
poem
into
your
face
,
but
i
wouldn't
lay
a
joke
on
you
."
that
ends
the
conversation
before
it's
begun.
for
to
deny
another
person
whatever
joy
lives
behind
the
pain
that
pockmarks
your
soul
is
the
greatest
insult
of
all
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from