the more poise you are, the more poisonous you seem to the society and, the more poisonous you are, the more poised you look to society..... poise means to be in the total balance; the balance of the body, balance of mind, balance in the speech and balance of the total well-being-ness and, rare is such balance, for such balance aka the state of poise is attained thru' everyday penance..... however, one doesn't have to go far to be poisoned; the poisoned talks, the poisoned attitude, poisoned habits, poisoned foods and poisoned beings are easily available in the routine market..... choosing poise is natural whereas choosing poison is unnatural..... choosing being with poise is natural whereas choosing poisoned being/s is unnatural..... still, beings at large would always choose beings who are poisoned, who will fill them with all poisonous and who will not disturb their poisonous habits & behavior..... what all takes away one's poise is poisonous, even if it is one'...