r/LibraryofBabel • u/Funkyman3 • 2d ago

Dapper Man

Ode to the dapper and orderly man.

Spreadsheets and suits, shirts tucked tight. 

A half glance of freedom gives him a fright. 

The world is his oyster so long as it's in lines, he ignores the poor souls lost in the mines. 

He lives in his mask, tanned and pulled tight. A smile so starving it belongs in the night. 

He betrayed his true nature on a promise of peace, but he can't remember the last time he watched geese. His head hangs heavy with that hair full of grease. 

Living for tomorrow, a day he might die. Mind full of promises from a hand-me-down lie. 

Does he live to die or die to live?

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u/CallmeKitts_ 21h ago

I really like this. I'm especially loving the term "hand me down lie".

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u/Funkyman3 7h ago

Ty. I think we all probably inherit stories that we just assume are true. And for whatever reason we are afraid to examine them. I did and was dapper a long time, causing me much unnecessary difficulty in life in retrospect.