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The Mess That Is Me

My insecurities are making me insecure My doubts are giving me doubts I would scream and yell, if I thought I would be heard Over top of all of my shouts My phobias are starting to scare me My complexities are awful complex I am a perfect text book example Of a condition for which there is no text My psychoses are really psychotic My episodes are episodic I am a narcissist who hates himself Bi-polar must be contagious, because I know I caught it I think I failed the ink blot test All I saw were big ink blots I am haunted by my memories But my memories have been forgot I am sick of being a hypochondriac My narcolepsy keeps me awake I am a non-practicing masochist Because the pain I cannot take My abnormalities are really abnormal My multiple personalities are all the same My psychiatrist says there are explanations For these conditions he cannot explain

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 3/14/2012 12:02:00 AM
hahaha, I forgot the name for this process: when you make opposite meanings (I know one judge a long time ago did a contest about this kind of writing) Anyway, GOOD example of how it's done. A very enjoyable read.
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Date: 3/13/2012 9:39:00 AM
sounds like a series of contradictions - a fun write :) glad you're not really like this - I can only imagine the nonsense, I mean poems, you'd write! ha! soupmail
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Date: 3/12/2012 2:10:00 PM
Joe this is such a fun one. LOL about the ink blot blots :) Thanks so much for your recent comment-it cracked me up!
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Date: 3/12/2012 12:09:00 PM
dear Joe - In unsympathetic compassion, I'm glad for what I've found in the lost sensation of your work. It's wonderful. love, Kathy
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Date: 3/12/2012 11:38:00 AM
You did a fantastic job with this write, Joe. I don't believe any of it for a second, but it sure made me smile. Love, Kim
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