Determined To Display Their Suffering Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Bending over backwards,
For others to prove...
A kissing can be done,
Of their elbows and toes...
And other areas exposed.
To then receive from them opposition,
Because the position taken...
Does not impress further expectations,
To address associates, their friends...
And others with kept pretentions,
Seeking to have their demands met...
To be entertained by all of it,
Is done with no regrets.
With outlandish interpretations...
As to how they've been taught to live life.

Guess what?
My fellow citizens...
People like this who do that for free,
May be heard to complain alot...
But a love for attention to get,
Will have them, if possible...
Carry boulders attached to their necks,
Just for the purpose to have it witnessed...
For the sympathy, empathy and pity,
To solicit from someone in tears that gives it.

'That's over-the-top AND 'too' dramatic.'

If you stay around here long enough,
You'll be astounded by the exactness...
You perceive to be embellished by exaggeration.
These people are determined,
To display their suffering is some kind of blessing.

'But 'what' makes them feel they must do that? '

Symbolized images they have come to idolize,
To depict themselves as worthy.

'Worthy?
Worthy of WHAT? '

Life and the pursuit of happiness.

'That's sick.'

Try telling that to those who've been taught to worship this,
As a life they have to live.