It’s always the same people in the TV shows. The doting mother. The charismatic playboy. The single woman looking for the perfect man with whom to raise perfect kids. The awkward nice guy, constantly bullied for his manners and never preferred over the bad guy. The career-driven woman who ends up with the child she ‘always wanted’.
The norm, the mainstream fantasy on repeat in every storyline in a world that claims to be changing. Endless images of lives we’re supposed to want. Those in the margins may have a louder voice nowadays, but they are still in the margins. Still weird, subtly unwanted. And everyone’s mother still wishes they had raised a doctor complete with loving spouse and 2.1 grandkids.
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yes, it’s bland, boring, unconvincing…moderate. :((
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It really is. The world sure does have a way of changing without changing.
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Ha! Right!?
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Interesting that your poetry has me answering poetically. I want your last verse to be positive. However, that “want” gets me writing, so maybe we’ll collaborate some day.
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“I want your last verse to be positive.” That’s exactly how I felt after watching ‘Behind Her Eyes’. It would be great to collaborate 🙂. My email address is amaniweeks@outlook.com for whenever you’re ready.
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I’ll send you a message from my writer’s email: mythruin@gmail.com.
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Your recipient box is full. I’ll wait for your email.
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Oh okay. I’ll shoot you an email.
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You might be having a negative effect on my poetry:
I begin to think you are less interested in honesty, and prefer instead to be wined and dined, while listening to whispered lies. D.W.
If we collaborate you may have to do some of the positive verses.
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Hey, there. I’ll be getting in touch with you soon. Work has been trying.
I’m not too good at positive verses at the moment. But I’m really enjoying that line, negativity and all. Whispered lies… Nice touch 🥂.
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