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Rated: E · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2216447
What is this...? (really)
It could be seen as positive or a negative
then back again.
What is this really?
Time to define what we really think is what.

We need to either figure out how this works
or how it used to work.
We cringe the thought, sometimes, and others we snap our
fingers and flash a grin for the camera.

The jokes become too crazy we don't know which one is which.
It's a cat disguised as a dog adorable either way.
It's all about perspective
isn't it.

When we find it offensive,
that's when our opinions come to the table, watch it gamble
and we'll see who will take it.
Our opinions are like money,
stolen sometimes to make us look wealthy, smart, creative.
Sometimes even
witty.

It really is
quite difficult to determine what this really is.
Is it to offend
insult? Or is it to play
and run in the fields looking for the right
moment to strike that rabbit.
What are jokes for? Who can use them?

How do we know when to use them,
use them like the little creatures they are.

They skitter and scatter making a mess behind them
like a child playing with her toys.

Until the bigger children follow behind
and smash her work into pieces, the work called
life.

And time and time
and time again,
the child knew too few words to express the grief,
so others who felt the same
prayed on,
telling the tale saying,
"and she wondered how long this was going to last"
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