Throwing Tomatoes

There are those who Delight In the belittling of others Who take pleasure In the nasty word And the malevolent gesture Some make their living In the negative reaches of Darkest space They may call themselves Experts or pundits or critics But we artists know them simply as Fools Some things may deserve to be Knocked down But rarely are they human beings It takes no genius to destroy The creators, the givers The lovers, the healers These are the heroes who Know The building up Is so much more difficult Than the tearing down. ~ Laurence Overmire (Previously published in New York Minute: An Actor's Memoir, Indelible Mark Publishing,2017)