{"id":64129,"date":"2020-06-27T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=64129"},"modified":"2020-06-27T12:23:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T16:23:15","slug":"i-want-your-realness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/i-want-your-realness\/","title":{"rendered":"I WANT YOUR #REALNESS – Hour 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

I WANT YOUR #REALNESS<\/span><\/p>\n

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there are other humans in the world with me<\/span><\/p>\n

sloppy, uneven, unnerved, smushed thru today\u2019s garlic press<\/span><\/p>\n

not one of them is perfect \/ not one of them is imperfect<\/span><\/p>\n

striving falling straining in a heated scream hushed out to chuckle<\/span><\/p>\n

absurdity beyond our comprehension \/ much less our making<\/span><\/p>\n

so who are these scrubbed automatons I see on this portable screen?<\/span><\/p>\n

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I know you\u2019re my neighbor, friend, but are you Jones or Rogers?<\/span><\/p>\n

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if I tried to keep up with your makeup crew I\u2019d fail, so I don\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n

if I talked in that News Tonight Tone I\u2019d scream, so I won\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rogers had a soft tone too, with no demand for me to fall in line<\/span><\/p>\n

we could take neighbors to mean <\/span>friends <\/span><\/i>not <\/span>competitors<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

if we were hurting he would listen and take us to the Land of Make Believe<\/span><\/p>\n

don\u2019t trip, your sweet talk takes us there too \u2014 but to stoke a fear instead of calm it<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re looking for the helpers but all you\u2019ll show us are the riots<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re looking for a leader and all our choices left are rapists.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I know you\u2019re my neighbor, friend, but are you Jones or Rogers?<\/span><\/p>\n

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listen could we just quit the bullshit? I\u2019m in love with humanity<\/span><\/p>\n

every enlightened being comes to wholeness through ignorance<\/span><\/p>\n

I never needed my models photoshopped and I never asked for a superhero.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you believed in your best then I could too. I\u2019d even bet we all could.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not in competition to \u201ckeep up with\u201d anyone, not even myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

No hands will come to save us, whether perfect or imperfect.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I know you\u2019re my neighbor, friend, but are you Jones or Rogers?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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