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The Jail of Thought

March 29, 2014
By BeatnikLover GOLD, Farson, Wyoming
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"Here growing up means murdering your dreams, cutting your hair, and going to work. All this so you can live in a miserably boring house with a miserably boring family and then be deemed 'successful.'"

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I am chained;
Entrapped and endungeoned
By thick links of steel,
Iron bars and brick walls;
The low ceilings and dark rooms
Of ugly consciousness,
Fear and misplacement.
I am oppressed and depressed
And suppressed and, simply,
Pressed.
Pushed and shoved
Into hard corners,
No place to go,
No shining neon escape sign,
No hidden stairway.
I am brutally forced to face,
To face my own horrific contemplations;
Contemplations of inadequacy,
Of an un-genuine life.
I am prodded,
Prodded into timidity and
Silent servitude.
I am prodded by a hideous beast,
A beast of which I cannot comprehend,
Nor approve of;
My own misunderstood mind.

I must leave,
Go, run, pedal, drive!
I must escape and flee!
But where?
Where can one go,
To escape his own mind?

© Jack B., Central City, KY

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BeatnikLover GOLD said...
on May. 15 2014 at 1:59 pm
BeatnikLover GOLD, Farson, Wyoming
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Here growing up means murdering your dreams, cutting your hair, and going to work. All this so you can live in a miserably boring house with a miserably boring family and then be deemed &#039;successful.&#039;&quot;

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Thank you! Feel free to check out my other stories. 
ashlynn17 SILVER said...
on May. 14 2014 at 6:57 pm
ashlynn17 SILVER, Alice, Texas
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Your poem was really good, or atleast in my opinion.I look forward to reading more from you!
WOWriting SILVER said...
on May. 5 2014 at 7:10 am
WOWriting SILVER, Broadstairs, Other
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Really deep and well-written :) the language is really great and meaningful and it's not too long. It all fits together