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Open Poetry #48

We Are Who We Think We Are

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2013-07-22 07:21 AM

universal opinion, I have to say
lacks imagination and verve
it relentlessly
tells people like you and I
we lack merit and tenacity
in other words
we are just not good enough
therefore
if we believe in ourselves
"they" use words like
conceit and self-absorbed
so . . .
we only have ourselves
truly
universal opinion
doth suck

©June 6, 2013 / Jerry Pat Bolton

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2013-07-22 07:32 AM

Maybe your intent was not to bring a smile this morning but you did. "doth suck" was a great ending Jerry! Good morning.

Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2013-07-22 07:35 AM

Yep. That was meant as a lightening up line, I changed it from "we suck" to what it is. Thanks for being here.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (07-22-2013 08:07 AM).]

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

3 posted 2013-07-22 08:04 AM

we are all so helplessly human, who else
is our best advokate but our own self?

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2013-07-22 08:08 AM

You've got that right, Emma, who but us. Of course the governments all over the world think they know best.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

5 posted 2013-07-23 03:00 AM

I always felt we were many people.

The person we think we are
The person we would like to be

The person others see us as
(and that coud be different according to the persons asked)
and~~~

The person we really are
jo

Gale
Senior Member

since 2013-06-10

Posts 578
Russia

6 posted 2013-07-23 05:07 AM

Do you care about universal opinion, Jerry?

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