Assuming My Role In the Diorama

I awake with the question "Am I like my predecessor?"
Automated and fabricated to slave for the oppressor
I join the procession yet I am an orbate transgressor
Dissipated and attenuated with no clear successor 

Then I drift into much more lofty domains
With greater rewards yet more precarious terrain
A place where answers can not quite be explained 
Where the mind is confounded but the spirit ascertains

Then I shower and shave; I sigh and greet the day
Will it be my chagrin or triumph I put on display?
In my head I have a tempest, in my heart a bouquet
I must choose which one to portray, which one to obey

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Date: 1/24/2018 2:29:00 PM
Trey Hammer I like this poem. This poem is a-some! Which one did you portray? Have a nice day my friend.
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Date: 1/24/2018 2:42:00 PM
I try to portray the bouquet as much as possible! Thank you Darlene.
Date: 1/24/2018 1:55:00 PM
This is awesome :)
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Date: 1/24/2018 2:43:00 PM
Thank you very much Maureen. :)
Date: 1/5/2018 1:39:00 AM
Glad this contest introduced me to you, first one I entered. Shows me how beautifully you top winners write. Have more successes!
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Date: 1/5/2018 10:01:00 AM
Thanks Barbara, I hope you enter many more.
Date: 1/4/2018 10:11:00 PM
Very well done, Trey - congratulations on your win, and Happy New Year, my friend! :-)
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Date: 1/5/2018 10:00:00 AM
Thank you Gregory, Happy New Year to you as well. :)
Date: 1/2/2018 7:34:00 PM
WOW this is a good one. Congratulations on your top WIN Regards, Sathya
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Date: 1/2/2018 8:29:00 PM
Thank you Sathya.
Date: 1/2/2018 9:42:00 AM
Great work Trey, congratulations...
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Trey Hamner
Date: 1/2/2018 5:52:00 PM
Thanks Charlie.
Date: 1/2/2018 8:07:00 AM
Congrats on your win, Trey. I loved the turmoil and responsibility of daily choice. A FAVE with me.
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Date: 1/2/2018 5:53:00 PM
Thank you very much Line, I enjoyed the contest and the theme.
Date: 1/2/2018 8:05:00 AM
Hi Trey, please fix your typo to... bouquet... then you can delete this comment. I still thought you deserved a 1st place.
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Date: 1/2/2018 4:39:00 PM
Man, I hate it when I misspell or use improper grammar! I usually don't even do it or at least catch it, I guess I was tired.
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