(Ageless / Dominican Republic)

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A Carbon Copy

Rubbish, written rubbish
I can't show it to anyone I know
They'll get the wrong idea,
They'll think I am fatalistic,
A desperate soul...

(But isn't he clever!)

Too bad he can't control his thoughts
They should be more like ours
We are society, the community,
We dictate the acceptable attitude,
The right way to think and write...
But who-are we
But individuals, first
And finally individuals
Suffocating from individualism...

Or lack of it-...!


©All Rights Reserved-2010

Submitted: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Edited: Tuesday, October 30, 2012


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  • Kara Towe (12/12/2011 10:38:00 AM)

    Wonderful poem. Keep up the good work, purging your soul through your poetry, something so purifying, cleansing, and rich. You are very brave to write this. :)

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  • Deepak Calyampoondi (10/27/2011 2:26:00 AM)

    Good one..well thought..Good ending..thank for your vote.I Vote 10/10 for this..keep writing..

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  • Unwritten Soul (9/21/2011 12:16:00 PM)

    Romeo, this one wow me and left me smiling, i love the thought here...Carbon copy, what a great idea of title,100% suit with the contents...Absolutely this writing make many and all of us think how to be a great community as it a team of individuals..the great community because each of them, and everyone has own personality which is presented by the respective mind to write to build the community, what a carbon copy! ! ! ...like you always say Love and peace, this poem really have it all.. :) Nice well and great one Romeo _Unwritten Soul

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  • Ashley Felix (8/27/2011 5:07:00 PM)

    what an amazing poem! I absolutely loved it, and I added it to my favorites. Well written, surely deserving a 10/10.thanks for the comment on my poem.

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  • Raeanne Furfaro (8/17/2011 2:53:00 AM)

    EXCELLENT! ! ! My God, what a great poem, Into my favorites this goes. Fit in or else. I LOVE this, the message so clear and so true. Oh my, what a wonderful way you have woven the expectations of society and the individualism of self in this. Fantastic Poem Romeo. Truly, one of the best so far..and I love them all, but this one is screaming at me. FANTASTIC....

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  • Katherine Land (5/5/2011 10:48:00 PM)

    One of my favorites of yours so far :)

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  • Katherine Land (4/20/2011 11:24:00 PM)

    I love this poem. Describes how I feel most of the time with the people I know. Thank you for writing it :)

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  • John Rolland (9/13/2010 4:30:00 AM)

    veru just and clever words, you made the point in a very poetic way

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  • Mackenzie Keane (8/15/2010 7:51:00 PM)

    made me smile. thank you. :)

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  • Nivedita Bagchi SPC UK (8/4/2010 11:09:00 AM)

    ‘Suffocating from individualism’…Why Ma’am …individualism is the manifestation of one’s everything…I’m conscious of my individual…no trace pass I’d never allow…why be carbon copy…like copy cat…sure I agree with you…let our individual find a ‘let go’…. thanks for sharing
    Regards
    Ms. Nivedita
    UK
    10/10

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