Necessary Lies

September 17, 2025

People are complex

In their ability to inflict pain -

To look funny at you -

Or catch you off guard -

They can sense if you are different -

If you are original -

Un-programmed -

Especially if you dress like me -

And act like me -

Right now I am relatively safe -

But I have already been busted four times -

It can't happen again -

I must blend in -

To this mechanized, mundane, modern world -

I must keep it all hid -

Comb my hair -

Wash my clothes -

Finish school -

Get a job -

Stop philosophizing -

So there isn't a Witch Hunt -

Simply on the strength of suspicion -

An awkward smile -

Or an unwanted glance -

I can't allow any of these things -

I must be perfect -

I can't make a singe mistake -

For the rest of my life -

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