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I, (As In Me)

I am a freak
don't wear caps, nor hats,
nor jewelry
nor logos on my clothes
no bumper stickers
no tattoos
don't chew gum

don't like comic books
nor hollywood blockbusters
nor crowded bars, guns,
mindless profanity, macho posturing,
loud talkers,
nor any kind of pagentry

I don't drink
don't gamble
nor play video games, boardgames,
nor BINGO!
I have no appreciation for Disneyland
nor Vegas,
nor stock car races

don't believe in ghosts
supernatural jive
nor aliens
I don't gossip
nor put on airs of coolness or hipness
nor homeboy familiarity

rock and roll has lost its charm
fashion is a clown suit
novels plod
money does not "talk" to me

neither have I any "carved in stone"
political or religious beliefs
having reached no conclusions about anything
( what has concluded to draw conclusion upon, anyway?)

I am hardly typical in these matters
thankfully, I live in a free and open society
and am accepted despite these flaws

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Comments

this piece is an indictment of pervasive American pop culture...its shallowness, superficiality, and silliness...hardly well written if this point was not obvious. I'll probably revist this theme again, and again, ad nauseum! maybe I'll eventually get it right

thanks for taking the time to comment ...always appreciated

Al

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