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Jan 2019
I hold Happiness on my back

I bought it how we make it.

But I keep fumbling and stumbling

through the world

because this Happiness doesn't fit on my back.

Through fruitless attempts

I drip gallons of sweat

to lift this Happiness onto my back.

For it was manufactured in squares and boxes.

Time to make my own.
November 28, 2018

I explain how society had defined happiness, something that is abstract.

This was inspired by a poem my sister read for her assignment, and I hope I didn't steal too many ideas. The poem is "The Obligation to Be Happy" by Linda Pastan. (Sorry Linda for taking your idea.)
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