Self & Society

Life is surely exhausting
When it’s a constant waltz
Among self & society,
Constantly checking
To be sure
You’re thinking the right thing,
Fighting the right fight,
Never knowing,
In fact,
What you think
Until you’ve heard
Someone else think it first,
A vicious meme
That dominates
And subjugates,
And of course
Always
Fighting the right fight,
Always on the search
For the next one,
Always belligerent,
Terse,
Grumpy,
All the good stuff,
At odds with a world
You are constantly trying 
To mold to what you think
Already exists,
Fighting the right fight
As if you know exactly what it is,
That self-fulfilling battle
In self & society,
You know to be true
Because it looks like something 
That happened yesterday.

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