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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2018-05-02 05:19 AM

Years ago I was an obnoxious ham.
My niche was to make them laugh.
I always had a wisecrack or joke.
I played the buffoon.
It was a defense.
That kept them from getting too close.
I taught everyone to treat me
like I’m stupid.
Decided I didn’t like that so much
and toned it back a notch or two.
Even more and more as the years went by.
Not that I lost my sense of humor.
They will all tell you I’m crazy.
But sometimes I wonder.
I wonder if all that laughter
I was stirring up was something more
than just a way of hiding.
I’m beginning to think my laughing
was more important than theirs.
It was my way of self medicating
my depression.
I think I need to refill that prescription.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

1 posted 2018-05-02 08:21 AM

sure you were right, such excellency here

yann

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2018-05-02 08:40 AM

You wasn't wrong at all, Lori. We all go through that period of when we try to appear in ways to make the crowd like us, when in reality we're trying make us like us.

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

3 posted 2018-05-02 06:18 PM

Thanks Yann! I appreciate it !

~L

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

4 posted 2018-05-02 06:20 PM

Thanks Jerry, you make a good point.

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

5 posted 2018-05-02 07:55 PM

Many introverts behave in overly extroverted ways.
They seldom ask you in.

...just bein' Bluesy

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

6 posted 2018-05-02 08:42 PM

So you've met my kind before eh? Yes, I'm really painfully shy.

Bluesy Socrateaser
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since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

7 posted 2018-05-02 10:46 PM

I don't really connect all that well with, "kinds" of people, Miss Lori. In the most general of terms? Yes,
But if "in's" and "ex's are used as bookends,then countless volumes exist in between.

...just bein' Bluesy

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

8 posted 2018-05-03 12:59 PM

know this all too well and recently wrote about it....

yes, indeedy....you def captured a moment...and very well...

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

9 posted 2018-05-06 06:53 AM

Thanks LeeJ for the read. I'm delighted you can relate. ~L

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