Loyalty And Truth [rev] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

Loyalty And Truth [rev]

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A generation of men scarred by early exposure
to pornography lament the destruction of ability
to have good relations with those they love; a
real intimacy's impossible since real persona
is reduced to raw objects in their heads

Imagination's dead when touching real people;
no reaction unless visualising cheap and easy
sleaze - remaining passive or evincing abject
enjoyment in humiliation and pain inflicted, in
their real life these men feel no arousal when

Faced with self-assured, assertive individuals
who don't like humiliation, pain & shame; now
they find they need have pornographic scenes
in their mind's eye or they're only robots with
their physical responses crudely switched off

By the messed-up wiring in their brain; self-help-
groups have been formed to break addiction to
these passive-destructive images of sadism as
only way to emotional response without visual
pornographic views, the body's own

Natural functions are dead, insight into addiction
is important as this problem also afflicts women
addicted to romance in love stories - expecting
domineering men to act in a prescribed way -
destroying their ability to normally love boring

Men; author Agatha Christie warned heroines
against exciting heart-throbs - recommending
the plain and honest, true-in-heart since only
integrity and trust equate to loyalty and truth…

Monday, April 18, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: philosophy,social comment
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Based on an article in 'Time Vol.187, No.14 /
2016 p.34 - - 18 April 2016'
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Tom Billsborough 18 April 2016

A very wise and intelligent poem. I think exposure to scenes of violence on Television can produce the same effects. Let us guard against building barriers. More loving touches are needed. Loved it. Not your diary but just as wonderful. Tom Billsborough

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