John T. Baker, Twitching Curtains</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=1.htm>John T. Baker</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>Twitching Curtains</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>Behind the twitching curtains of the world<br>Disparaging onlookers scan the scene<br>Outside, their banners circumspectly furled<br>Within their closets, dusty dry and clean.<br>They deprecate diversions deemed as vile,<br>Discrepancies self-righteously deplore;<br>They shrilly call for stern restrictions while<br>They cower back behind their barred front door.<br>Safeguarded from the perils of the street,<br>Contentiously they can but criticize;<br>Ensconced within their sheltered snug retreat,<br>They second-guess and smugly moralize,<br>Content to propagate hypocrisy<br>In barricaded anonymity.</b></font></p></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk3.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk3.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>