Here's a poem that I heard recently. It doesn't rhyme, but I would still call it poetry:
In case you hadn't realized,
it has somehow become uncool
to sound like you know what you're talking about?
Or believe strongly about what you're like, saying?
Invisible question marks
and parenthetical
(you know?'s)
and
'you know what I'm saying?'s
have been attaching themselves
to the end of our sentences,
even when those sentences
aren't, like,
questions?
Declaritive sentences; so called because they used to like, you know, declare things to be true?
OK?
As opposed to other things
that are totally like,
you know,
not?
They've been infected
by this tragically cool
and totally hip interrogative tone,
As if I'm sayin',
"don't think I'm a NERD
just 'cause I've like,
noticed this,
ok?"
I have nothing
personally invested in my own opinions,
I'm just like,
inviting you to join me
on the bandwagon
of my own uncertainity...!
What has happened, to our CONVICTION?
Where are the limbs out on which we onced walked?
Have they been like,
chopped down,
with the rest of the rainforest?
You know?
Or do we have like, nothin' to say?
Has society just become so filled with these conflicting feelings of, 'nyeeah!'
that we've just gotten to the point
where we're the most aggressively inarticulate generation,
to come along since,
you know,
a LONG time ago!?
So I implore you.
I entreat you.
And I challenge you.
To speak with conviction.
To say what you believe
in a manner that bespeaks the determination
with which you believe it.
Because contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker,
it is not enough these days
to simply 'challenge authority!'
You got to speak with it,
too.
(All credit goes to Taylor Mali)
05-Feb-2011 04:19:17
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