#personalization - Hello Poetry

All eyes on me. Their field of vision lash against my walls. Eroding them like the frothy waves gnawing at the desolate fort. These walls that I've raised to hide... Hide what? I ask. Surely something that they mustn't know. Their tongues wade at me. I strain my ears to catch what they hide from me. The slightest wind could exalt me to exhilaration Or, depress me into the tar pit of my own creation. Where am I headed? I ask. I am besieged. The intruder is at the perimeter. Why am I here? I ask. The walls are giving away to the tempest. But they haven't reached me yet. They are trained at my scent like blood hounds. I sound the alarm and curl back deep within. My station hangs precariously. Will the pillars hold?

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Dec 14, 2013

Dec 14, 2013 at 2:25 PM UTC

DSD

Distorted thinking of the personalized kind

All eyes on me. Their field of vision lash against my walls. Eroding them like the frothy waves gnawing at the desolate fort. These walls that I've raised to hide... Hide what? I ask. Surely something that they mustn't know. Their tongues wade at me. I strain my ears to catch what they hide from me. The slightest wind could exalt me to exhilaration Or, depress me into the tar pit of my own creation. Where am I headed? I ask. I am besieged. The intruder is at the perimeter. Why am I here? I ask. The walls are giving away to the tempest. But they haven't reached me yet. They are trained at my scent like blood hounds. I sound the alarm and curl back deep within. My station hangs precariously. Will the pillars hold?

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"In our culture people tend to over-personalize" I don't understand that statement, Professor. In fact, I think it's a paradox; I think our culture tends to under-personalize. Women are just **** and men are just dollar signs. We make generalizations to degrade those around us, whether the generalizations are true or not. Our culture supports independence and opinions and freedom, yet we label everyone with their own box of stereotypes: gender, race, ****** preference, appearance, religion, and intelligence. Our culture de-personalizes individuals: While us youngsters sit and exploit our lack of work ethic, demoralize ourselves, smoke our cigarettes, and play with technology, laying waste to our mental health. Our culture promotes individuality: While the children of this era, the poor, blessed children are spoiled rotten, and pitied for the mess they will have to clean up when the young adults of today become the dead of tomorrow.

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Sep 30, 2014

Sep 30, 2014 at 4:22 PM UTC

black-and-blue

Untitled

"In our culture people tend to over-personalize" I don't understand that statement, Professor. In fact, I think it's a paradox; I think our culture tends to under-personalize. Women are just **** and men are just dollar signs. We make generalizations to degrade those around us, whether the generalizations are true or not. Our culture supports independence and opinions and freedom, yet we label everyone with their own box of stereotypes: gender, race, ****** preference, appearance, religion, and intelligence. Our culture de-personalizes individuals: While us youngsters sit and exploit our lack of work ethic, demoralize ourselves, smoke our cigarettes, and play with technology, laying waste to our mental health. Our culture promotes individuality: While the children of this era, the poor, blessed children are spoiled rotten, and pitied for the mess they will have to clean up when the young adults of today become the dead of tomorrow.

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Sep 4, 2014

Sep 4, 2014 at 7:02 PM UTC