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F*CK EVERYTHING: Poem No 27

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F*CK EVERYTHING: Poem No 27

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Rand Leeb-du Toit
Dec 28, 2022
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why do i answer questions

in ways that i expect will please others

why do i think

in ways society has taught me to

just interesting enough

why am i marking time to someone else’s

drum

why am i petrified of what

i might uncover

if i delve beyond

the superficial

- make something meaningful

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Rand Leeb-du Toit
Dec 28, 2022Author

Thanks Emily. This is one of society's perennial questions: stay safe behind the mask, or risk rejection by being real. How can people today navigate these tricky waters in the face of overwhelming criticism and peer judgment via anti-social media and cancel culture? Hopefully by the end of this long poem (105 short ones pinned together) readers will have an enhanced response to this question.

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Charlotte Dune
Writes Charlotte Dune's Lagoon
Dec 31, 2022

I dig your line drawings! And great questions.

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