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Invoking

Published: Oct 31, 2013

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I don’t have swag.
I have integrity.

I am not a boss.
I am a leader.

I’m not a hipster.
I do what I like.

I do not live only once.
I live every day of my life.

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What the hell happened to them?

*EDIT 11/1/13*
Okay, let me explain this eight lined little nerve center for you all:

I'm not juxtaposing the things mentioned in the poem. Just saying what I do and do not have. I'm not saying people who have "Swag" don't have Integrity. Just that I do not have swag, but do have integrity. And if you think that I don't have integrity, then whatever word you want to fill in the blank with is fine. And no, I am not a boss, I am a leader. A boss will sit and watch. A leader will get down there with the grunts and pitch in. I am not a hipster just because I do things differently. And I don't even know why the last one needs to be explained. How awesome would life be if we lived a little every day? A lot more awesome. Also, I know that things were pretty much the same 30 years ago or whatever. Doesn't mean it's any less irritating now.