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The Beautiful People

There are beautiful people on the covers of magazines They look insanely happy, their life fairly zings Never alone, paparazzi all the time, Could I live like this in their upward climb? Could I bear living their rich and amazing life? Imagining they have no worries, and no strife? Could I get used to the money in the bank all the time? And gobs of it, all new and crisp, no dirt or grime? Could I imagine this kind of splendiferous life for me? No, because I could not give up my well-fought privacy.

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Lyric Man

Date: 7/6/2018 10:42:00 PM

Caren, my work has allowed me to know many famous people. Most of them are unhappy, insecure, and paranoid. They feel their life is a competition with only one winner. Therefore they tend to be narrisistic. It's so sad to me. Many have said I have the ideal life. So I would never wish to be them. They often wish for our happiness. But their insecurity will see to it that they never taste that or taste true freedom!

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/7/2018 8:13:00 AM

I have to be free Lyric Man, and you do too!