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Conformity
by Thomasena Martin-Johnson → (All Poetry by Thomasena Martin-Johnson)
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To be just like everybody else is a trap that destroys creativity.

Conformity is a poison
punped into a cavity
to paralyze and stifle---
Bring about an army.
Depending on the rules
forced upon the collected
and driven home
                         B
                         y guilt
Conformity is undeniable
                                   obedience
                                    t
                                    h
                                    e
good guy in the white hat
riding  the white horse
Harmonize at the expense
                                            of personal desire
                                      At the expense
                                of who should care
                         And even make believe.
Limits imposed on the compliant.

 


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 Reviews of "Conformity"
Reviewed by Asa Seeley
Reviewed on May 1, 2012
the strength not to...can only come from above

asa

Reviewed by Paul Judges
Reviewed on December 12, 2011
I hope we can all be ourselves, yet non-conformity can sometimes be lonely.

Well penned.


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