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Author Topic: A Poem about social conformity  (Read 10671 times)

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A Poem about social conformity
« on: May 18, 2010, 02:19:49 PM »

Something I wrote a while back...

Like a dead fish, I let the current guide me
I float around in a pool of nothingness
Slowly twirling away to oblivion
Loosing myself to the will of the stream

I gasp for air but cannot breath
I try to move but I’m unable too
I’m trapped in a world of illusions
My eyes are open yet I do not see

The guilt is eating me up from inside
Yet I have done nothing wrong
I walk the earth blindly and without purpose
And I have no clue where I’m heading

I’ve lost my place in the world
Because the world took it away from me
But now I know I was at fault
Like a dead fish, I’ve let the current guide me
« Last Edit: May 18, 2010, 02:22:58 PM by TheJudge »
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Re: A Poem about social conformity
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2010, 06:15:46 PM »

I like it.
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Re: A Poem about social conformity
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2010, 07:35:35 PM »

I remember getting some feedback from Cat on this one. She didn't like the image of a dead fish. I do.  :lol:
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Re: A Poem about social conformity
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2010, 08:36:48 PM »

I like the image of a dead fish. Most people remind me of dead fish. They stink and their eyes have gone all empty and milky colored.

Also they have 0 free will... they're just kind of... there, belly up and bloated.
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Re: A Poem about social conformity
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2010, 06:42:18 AM »

It's one of those dumbass fishes that keep bumping into the glass.
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Re: A Poem about social conformity
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2011, 11:21:09 PM »

I find the piece all too plebeian and uninspired. Dead fish cannot breathe, btw.

Just kidding, I actually rather enjoy the simile of the dead fish. Reminds me of the term "floaters" which a friend and I coined to describe adolescent social conformity.
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Re: A Poem about social conformity
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2011, 02:33:14 PM »

I am my own social circle. I don't care to follow other people and I don't want to be followed.

People need to stop being sheep.

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« Last Edit: March 31, 2011, 10:44:20 AM by ClintonNoggle »
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Re: A Poem about social conformity
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2011, 02:42:35 PM »

Or maybe sheep need to start being people!
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Re: A Poem about social conformity
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2011, 03:37:12 PM »

Are ewe shear aboot thet ?
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Re: A Poem about social conformity
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2011, 10:47:02 PM »

I am my own social circle. I don't care to follow other people and I don't want to be followed.

If that were true, you'd be a social square.
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