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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=530504" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Apathy of Optimism</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=530504" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">I<br>The apathy of optimism cannibalizes<br>Us—it forces us to artuate our own<br>And each others' limbs in order to smile—<br>			To smile for no reason.<br>	We are instructed to compose ourselves, <br>	To keep from corroding our attitudes<br>Because we will disturb each other<br>	(Besides complaints are annoying) .<br>			We compile lists of positivity<br>			That promote our passivity<br>			And repress our aggressions, <br>			So that we may use our frustrations<br>					In the work force—<br>	As something healthy, <br>	A productive outlet for our energy.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=530504" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">II<br>We must not be overcome by the influenza<br>Of our asymmetrical responsibilities, <br>And let that virus swell in our saliva<br>And spittle over our open lips<br>		As we cough into our hands—<br>		Then shake them with others<br>		And contaminate their fingers, <br>			Touching everything.<br>	We must disinfect our natural inclinations<br>	And grin through the wrinkles<br>	We will attempt to smoothen.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=530504" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">III<br>Or that's what they tell us—<br>		Take ownership for your failures; <br>		Whatever is wrong is your fault; <br>		You are the center, <br>	As an individual, <br>		Of the collective polypheme, <br>	Or at least its self-feasting corpse.<br>A man-made system does not supersede<br>Or subjugate the people contained inside of it.<br>		You are not imposed by the will<br>		Of an abstract machine of statistical<br>		Analysis, harvested by the quotients<br>	Of industry data<br>		And<br>		The GDP.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=530504" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">IV<br>				Vote for your chains<br>				And your hunger and alleviate<br>				The brain-rankling diseases<br>				That your uninformed opinion<br>				Attributes to some lack of<br>				Control—some bizarre notion<br>				That suggests some bizarre<br>				Concept like epoché<br>			-or whatever-</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=530504" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">V<br>Do not disentangle yourself<br>Like the sinew and tendons you tear<br>	From the muscle and bone<br>	And out of the skin<br>Of your grimace.</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><a href="http://www.citatepedia.com/comments.php?id=530504" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none">VI<br>						Relax.<br>				"D ay by day<br>				In every way, <br>				I'm getting<br>			Better and better."<br>Do not worry that<br>Your lack of apprehension<br>	Has sterilized you—<br>			Now you are clean! <br>Disable your intellect<br>And dismantle who you are.<br>Accept it.<br>Relish in it.<br>It is fine.<br>Be happy.<br>"Just smile, smile, smile."</a></div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><a href="http://poems.citatepedia.com/">poem</a> by <strong><a rel="author" href="http://authors.citatepedia.com/by.php?a=Tim+Stensloff">Tim Stensloff</a></strong></div>