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- Story Listed as: True Life For Adults
- Theme: Inspirational
- Subject: Poems & Songs
- Published: 12/29/2017
Jack and The Box
Born 1977, M, from Centre/Alabama, United StatesLadies and gents,
You don't know Jack.
Hence I wax poetic
To remedy that.
Jack has a knack
For following the pack.
This fool dives in the pool
To swim with the rules.
He doesn't judge it lame
To remain with the same.
He has no concept or clue
Of the power in the new.
He becomes pained
Whilst thinking of change.
If you wish to make him jittery,
Simply do something differently.
He isn't very bold, so it's told,
So he tightly clings to the old.
He doesn't bother finding or fixing
What is not broke or missing.
Jack thinks inside the box.
He lives within it, too.
From his daily choice of socks,
To his evenings with his boo.
His house, his office, even his car,
Really, glorified boxes they are.
But let us not sneer and jeer.
For who among us isn't also in there?
Like Jack, we tend to backtrack
Toward usual ways, days, facts and acts.
Indeed it takes a lot
To rock the orthodox.
But let's bid farewell to Jack
And climb out of the box.
Jack and The Box(Matt Decker)
Ladies and gents,
You don't know Jack.
Hence I wax poetic
To remedy that.
Jack has a knack
For following the pack.
This fool dives in the pool
To swim with the rules.
He doesn't judge it lame
To remain with the same.
He has no concept or clue
Of the power in the new.
He becomes pained
Whilst thinking of change.
If you wish to make him jittery,
Simply do something differently.
He isn't very bold, so it's told,
So he tightly clings to the old.
He doesn't bother finding or fixing
What is not broke or missing.
Jack thinks inside the box.
He lives within it, too.
From his daily choice of socks,
To his evenings with his boo.
His house, his office, even his car,
Really, glorified boxes they are.
But let us not sneer and jeer.
For who among us isn't also in there?
Like Jack, we tend to backtrack
Toward usual ways, days, facts and acts.
Indeed it takes a lot
To rock the orthodox.
But let's bid farewell to Jack
And climb out of the box.
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Andre Michael Pietroschek
05/18/2022Kudos. To me, the last Jack in the Box was a horror movie, within which Jack was a demon only coming outta the box to murder a presented victim. Needless to say, every silly human ``In the know´´ thought they could use the box to shortcut their way to power, riches, or revenge... You made Jack a life-lesson every reader may contemplate. I think, that is a great contribution, though I would choose a format with some empty lines in between (Like with Lou M. Notti, perhaps?).
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Andre Michael Pietroschek
05/19/2022Luckily, the site admin is very helpful on such (revisions & corrections)!
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Matt Decker
05/19/2022Thanks! I agree that the format needs some improvement. This one was among my earlier posted works and I didn't pay as much attention to formatting back then.
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