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They Think I Am Like Them

They think I am like them I have none of their beliefs But they want to think it So, I let them Because I like being a part of their group And I am a social animal And you can never have too many friends It amazes me they think their ways are the only ways If there is one thing I am It is a person who embraces flexibility I listen to their banter and I smile Amused they think what they think Keeping my almost opposite views safely tucked away

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Shirley Hawkins

Date: 9/11/2021 8:21:00 PM

Silence is golden in more ways than one..

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/12/2021 3:50:00 AM

It works for me in so many many many ways.

L Milton Hankins

Date: 9/11/2021 9:56:00 AM

Good thinking. You know, I pretty much do the same thing, Caren. But, occasionally, I speak my piece because I simply have to get it out! I even do that on Poetry Soup. Shame, shame! No, smirk, smirk! Especially when I get to thinking "why should I suffer in silence?" or develop a "woe is me" attitude.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/11/2021 7:09:00 PM

I like keeping myself out of a confrontation; I will do almost anything to avoid one.

John Lawless

Date: 9/11/2021 4:58:00 AM

Caren, a mentor of mine once told me: "You have the right to be right, the right to be wrong, and the right to keep your mouth shut in both instances." A very difficult thing to accomplish....I commend your restraint.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/11/2021 7:10:00 PM

I am so much older than my co-workers, I keep silent, not wanting to "tip my card hand"