Convention is Suspect

Oct 6, 2008 by Jeff Brown

Question Yourself. Trust only
What others say  about you
Johnny Beatific

Before sanctifying quantum mechanics
Evolution, your religion of choice,
Dismiss these opinions, place them
On the back burner and turn up the heat.
Anything that makes sense
Put in a folder marked Pending.
Withdraw all your money and give it
To the neighborhood prophet, the one
You run from screaming each day.

Ask your youngest about the latest on afterlife.
Get your dog his slippers and paper.
Not the Times! He’s got a pad on the
Pulse of a blue chip market.

When lunching in public, chew loudly, burp often.
Leave dinner for other functions.
For breakfast, give yourself a break.
When driving keep your eyes off the road.
When walking try your hands instead.
Open a door for the advantaged.
Tell the needy to do the same.

If at any point you find yourself
Laughing uncontrollably
Look for me.
I’m the one breaking bread
With Buddha, Groucho,
And Nietzsche the whimsical one.

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Jeff is a Motivation, Self-Improvement, and Success expert and can be found at SelfGrowth.com. He has written 100′s of essays and articles; over 50 poems; and several books: At Amazon.com, you can find Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe, a novel to inspire young adults and the young at heart. For more inspiration, get his collection of poems, To Die at the Age of Man at Lulu dot com.  Coming soon: Give and Grow Yourself Rich (July, 2008); Education is a Waste of Time, (early 2009); and a children’s novella The Search for Adriana (late 2008). Currently, he teaches writing and owns Inner Projection, a self-improvement business.