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The Land of Average

Abide by the rules of the world,

Because if you don’t they’ll surely just laugh at you.

Chase nothing but the average

Do like they all do.

Even if your heart says otherwise

Forget it

Go about your average day as planned.

Head up the elevator to your confined cubicle,

Initiate work mode.

Job description: “Whipping post”

Know your role

Leave content

Make sure they buy your counterfeit smile because,

No man can afford to be jobless in the land of average.

Often those who rebel are struck down and left at the curb

Poor financially and in spirit

Quick, get home to your average marriage

Reheat your average left overs from the average restaurant you ate at last night.

Sit down on your couch

Television on.

Use your free time wisely because 6 am comes early.

View your average prime time show

Wash the day’s grime off of your body.

X another day off your list.

You now know what a day is like in the land of average.

Zealous towards nothing but the same.

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Written by
david-keagan
Published
Jul 16, 2012
Lines·Words
26·176
Notes

An A-B-C style poem, my first ever, about the life of a person in the Land of Average.

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