Marianne Faithfull - Anger

If you take offense at injustice,
Mister Big will show he's offended;
If a curse or a blow can enrage you so
Your usefulness here is ended.
Then mind what the Good Book tells us
When it says: "Resist not Evil."
Unforgiving anger is from the Devil.

It took time to teach my sister that wrath would not do
In Los Angeles, the third big town we came to.
Where her open disapproval of injustice
Was so widely disapproved.
I forever told her: "Practice self-control, Anna,
For you know how much it costs you if you don't."
And she understood and answered: