What you should do, when scared and upset,

isnt’t the question, thus need never you fret,

i’ll comply, make it simple, at least I will try,

once scared, do you shake, pray, do you cry,

does anger consume you into wishing to die?

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Do you rage against people, seek refuge in lie,

wastefully decadent, do you needlessly buy?

All this in vain, your knot, naught shall untie,

try rooting the reasons, think thou of why,

you act like a clown, smacked with a pie.

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Compose thyself, set this time as its last,

what shouldn’t be done, leave in the past,

when reason supports, repetition be gone,

think of a plan to be done, to do it undone,

there many are ways, you need just but one.

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Having luck helps, are you a fortunate, son?

don’t cheer winning battles, if war isn’t won,

when all roads are travelled, everything tried,

If you’ve been true trough and you haven’t lied

and if you lost your hope with farewell of a sigh,

even then, don’t fret, nor should thou be upset,

ever you need nothing done, nothing isn’t bad,

in lieu that you accrue debt, idle isn’t a threat.

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When nothing remains which would remedy,

thy problems that be, accepting logic is key,

forsee what may come next, agree honestly,

try to avoid suddenty, or it at least remedy,

so as to not let yourself be suprised suddenly.

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You can’t win wars without defeatable foes,

nor can you loose, while deflecting all blows,

dear questioner, asker of fright and distress,

if actions still exist, further action you pass,

surely all will be done, to clean up the mess,

pointlessly stressing all what cannot be fixed,

but do guard your peace so non come betwixt,

ill will, strife and happiness poorly are mixed.

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Every eventuality of re-railing reality, explored to raw bone,

come from logic and calm, fright, confusion lead you alone,

to suffer in pain, is to explain us to be flesh and not stone.

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By decree now I find, one of a kind, kind Slovenian mind,

of akin had been none yet, who set out and designed,

wording of raw lyrical awe, such as here I so bind.

Z. Peperko