Projecting Myself a New One

I project myself a new one
depending upon who I am with

I can be a listener or an annoying interrupter.
I can be charming, or mean to the point of idiocy.

I project my persona ahead, testing the waters,
to see how much they can take,
to figure out what I can stand,
and what we can both tolerate
at this second 

projecting is the only way
to arrive.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Kiser Avatar
December 28, 2018 at 3:00 PM
Ooh very deep; well penned.
Krutsinger Avatar
December 28, 2018 at 8:59 PM
thank you. It is definitely so me here.
Roper Avatar
December 27, 2018 at 11:19 PM
I like the attitude, Caren.. Happy Holidays
Roper Avatar
December 28, 2018 at 5:15 PM
I have always been a night owl,, but still get up at 7:30 in the morning. It is hard to sleep anymore. :)
Krutsinger Avatar
December 28, 2018 at 8:57 AM
Thank you Eve. I see you stayed up late again last night. We night owls are so many on this site! Love thinking of you dreaming up poems late at night, like I do.
Faulkner Avatar
December 27, 2018 at 5:34 PM
It is such an awkward dance when meeting someone new, to see what flows and what is met with resistance-
Krutsinger Avatar
December 27, 2018 at 10:11 PM
It used to be so much fun but I was naive. Wait, I am still naive and it is still fun.
Mcferran Avatar
December 27, 2018 at 3:49 AM
I enjoyed this one, and that last line has a saucy kind of attitude to it! Nicely done!! ;)
Krutsinger Avatar
December 27, 2018 at 10:12 PM
I truly understood Marilyn Monroe’s biography when she explained how she projected her persona.
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