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The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Confronting Anger

...by listening to it.

Like water,
does anger find its level?
Or does it surge,
becoming a tsunami
as it destroys everything
in its path?

It surely all depends,
as anger will seek an outlet
in people and places vulnerable
to anger’s toxic contamination.

Suppressing anger intensifies
both its power and volatility.
Even a justifiable anger
will soon turn on its owner,
wreaking untold horrors and havoc
on ever-growing numbers.

Anger can only be contained
by those truly willing to listen
and then do something about
its more reasonable demands.

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