BEING AS YOU WERE

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I am the self-consumer of my woes - John Clare

I am
yet what I am must bow
in the default of curiosity
to a society's embedded
eccentricities of mass consumption
before approval is acquired
to relate to your scenario

A farce of terminology
embroidered in the gaudy
get-up of communal evolution

What is mass consumption
after all if not the manifestation
of a swollen magnitude of
self-fulfilling selves

I minimize your window
and consider the conjecture of
anachronistic ebullitions
saturating one man's sequestered page
and another man's house arrest
of introversion goaded by accessibility
to wishful affirmation via public
portals of a paperless rapport

I wonder if my clunky automated
curiosity has paved the route
to those unprecedented scenes of
self-discovery you longed for

And I hope you weren't
an existentialist if you were
anything like me

Author's Note

Inspired by this poem...one of my favourites:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173204

Reviews

[Ashira Macy]

and another man's house arrest
of introversion goaded by accessibility
to wishful affirmation via public
portals of a paperless rapport

Are you referencing yourself in these lines my friend? House arrest of introversion caught my eye and then of course portals of paperless rapport. If so, well then you already know how many of us feel connected to you, so don't fret!

As for the commentary on where society as gotten to as a whole, you are spot on in your philosophical musings, at least in my opinion. Over consumption is an epidemic that poses a far realer threat than a zombie apocalypse ever could.

[kublakhan27]

Haha Yes, I was referencing myself, as well as the poet to whom this was addressed, but not to fret, the support I receive from you and my friends here make all the difference...I wouldn't be a very confident person without it :)

So glad you related to all the different elements of this piece my friend, thanks so much :)

[MomzillaNC]

A proper conviction of our social media obsessed society. Everyone's looking for validation from people who only find validation denying to others.

[kublakhan27]

So true...once can learn a lot about that if they hang around here long enough...so glad you enjoyed this one :)

[MomzillaNC]

I did enjoy it. Thanks.

[AprilRN1210]

I rather enjoyed some of the phrasing in this one Steve... "communal evolution"... made me giggle... what an ending... oh jeez... pulled out a few of the guns for this one... sure packs a little more than a punch...
loved the quote.... haven't ever heard this song... definitely different... tugs on the heartstrings... ((hugs))

[kublakhan27]

Well I'm definitely in a punching mood my friend haha The song is from The Wall album, which pretty much says is all, not to mention the poem that inspired this...so glad you enjoyed it April, thank you ((hugs))

[AprilRN1210]

I can sure see that with this...it is always a pleasure...:)