Conniptions are always correct
when seen from the perspective
of a person with a hissy fit.
Anger doesn’t misgive.
It returns with equal
or more contempt.
If the recipient of ire
understands this:
Armistice is imminent.
If not, it has the potential to explode:
Leaving the participants
in contrition mode.
.
Sanjeev Sethi
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Sanjeev Sethi has authored seven books of poetry. Published in over thirty-five countries, he is the joint winner of the Full Fat Collection Competition-Deux, organized by Hedgehog Poetry Press, UK. Highly commended in erbacce-prize 2024 for poetry, UK, with over 9000 submissions worldwide; Sethi lives in Mumbai, India.
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