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Conformity is Insanity.

March 5, 2011
By PanicItsKendra BRONZE, Fortuna, California
PanicItsKendra BRONZE, Fortuna, California
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Favorite Quote:
"to live is the rarest thing in the world. most people exist, that is all." -Oscar Wilde


Make the lie big enough and
People will listen.

If I were to tiptoe to the corner of your mind
Would I see the person I know?
Or the shadow of another?

Every day
We are
Not.

Give me desperation--Flash.
Give me want--Flash.
Give me fabricated disbelief
That we could accept anything less.

Flash.

I will
Not.
Fall forward into the depths of falsified reality.

Because the person behind the mask
May very well be
Just like
You.


The author's comments:
Based on the novel "Invisible Monsters" by Chuck Palahniuk. The "flash" represents the paparazzi and our society's constant need to be in front of a camera, to be perfect and well-known and pushed in everyone's face.

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