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justamjustam Posts: 21,410
edited February 2007 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Why do people feel like boxing others up?
so-and-so is nice
Sam is mean
that guy's cute
Sally is a bitch
Holly is stupid and lazy
Is it our responsibility to project
only the qualities we want others to see?
Is it no business of ours if people assume
a narrowness that doesn't exist?
Is it our responsibility to object when
we're put in a box
or should we just climb out when
no one is looking?
Do we actually crawl into them on our own?
she said
but that's what you look like!
And, you seem to be
oh, please, be easy to understand...
God, I hate having to even worry about
what people see in my behavior when
all they see is through a slit in a carton
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Comments

  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    i've read that we can't know ourselves without other people
    that, we can't know who we are without someone else to compare ourselves to
  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    oh, and absolutely... without fail... nobody can assess who we are on the fly... fer pete's sake it took me forever to figure out who i am.

    i think little kids know, though

    i wish we could figure out how to keep them from forgetting
  • madjackmadjack Posts: 213
    I believe we do not see ourselves the way others do. The good or the bad sides.
    Come on and play on the edge of life with me. Its fun and I love every minute of it!!!
  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    oh yes, I agree! we see ourselves from our intent and outward, everyone else sees our presentation... they're sometimes very different things
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    I think it's true that we don't see ourselves as others do, but also, I believe people see things the way they want to and are judgemental.
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  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    yeah but, no body's harder on me than I am ;)
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    PastaNazi wrote:
    yeah but, no body's harder on me than I am ;)

    :) That's probably true for most people!! :)
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  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    I'd be sorely offended, perhaps to the point of spitting, if anyone said the stuff I say to myself. And, if I'd been drinking? There might be a brawl!
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    PastaNazi wrote:
    I'd be sorely offended, perhaps to the point of spitting, if anyone said the stuff I say to myself. And, if I'd been drinking? There might be a brawl!

    LOL! :)
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