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Conformity is the New Originality
May 16, 2014
Roses bleed red
Violets feel blue
Poetry is dead
Our voice is next too
They say, “Go ahead, just be yourself!”
But it won’t be our books sitting up on their shelf
“Your rhymes are oh so fine and dandy,
but please use words as sweet as candy”
No more swears, or pain you bear
Throw out the weed and ditch the speed
Pour out your beer and cling to your fears
Don’t use words that make you sound too bright
You might give people quite a fright
And now that you know what you cannot write
Please go home and pen a load of trite.
© Sarah H., Wolfforth, TX
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