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All Alone in a Lonelyland

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I woke up in this place 
Where everyone was not so 
Different from me yet different none-the-less 
But it didn’t seem to matter much 
It’s not like I’m living the “dream” 
And everyone else 
With their upside-down smiles 
Seems so lonely to me 

The mind is a terrible thing to waste 
So, stop wasting it ... 
Go ahead, be proud of your works, paste up poems 
All over the walls like posters 
Magnetize them on the Fridge door 
Copy them and hand them out like flyers 
Put them under windshield wiper blades at the Sooper Market 
Post them on www.poetrysoup.com (it's free!)
And last but not least, go ahead and
Hang them from your neighbors' mailboxes 
I promise, 
The mail carrier won’t mind. 

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025




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Date: 8/21/2025 6:37:00 PM
Your title feels so, well lonely. But your admonition to be proud of our poetry is worthy Ben.
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