I remember in middle school
how I won
everything
and the year before that, I defeated the entire 6th grade class
in reading.
It’s sad to see the quarterback of the football team
at the 20-year high school reunion
drunk off his ass
and unable to hold down a job.
What shapes us?
What forms our personalities?
In-born genetic characteristics
produce clusters of traits, such as charisma
that get expressed under stress
or remain recessive.
I seem to be conservative and introverted
My friend is extroverted, which means he has a propensity to smoke cigarettes
and he has flirted with those coffin nails
due to his need for stimulation.
I can get kicked like a dog
and smile.
I have been on-top of the human heap
for moments
knowing…
I don’t need to be there.
People treat me well
and terrible
but I am indifferent to their love.
Again, when I was in middle school
a dad, told my sister
“Your brother is tough.”
He was a Green Beret,
so he knew what he was talking about,
but I have also been called weak
because there’s a lot of ignorance out there.
Most people don’t see the full picture
they only see
what they want to see.
You may not have the full personality
but it’s at those imbalanced regions
where your force is
strongest.
I delight in my oblong
nature.
I am the master of my fate
the captain of my
asteroid
hurdling through space
ready to make an impact.
I am so much more
than what has happened to me.
I think you have to be to survive
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Yes!
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Killer
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Ha Ha Yes!
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Sometimes, one is more of an ass than an asteroid.
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Too True!
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