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[another_dexter]

Clichés have their place
they can sum up your life
in a turn of a phrase
turning all those days
into a figure
that can be correctly accounted for
dismantled quickly
decorated with a label
symmetrically stacked
put away neatly
and given little credit for any originality

everything is derivative of everything else
what can be done
it’s hard to forget all those lyrics
that have already been sung
it’s easy to obsess over
odd odes to self-indulgence
that lack purpose or restraint
and leave trace amounts
of them there clichés
that are sweet to embrace
enveloped in oblivion
but it can be difficult to face
playing an ordinary role
that can be easily pegged
in a prepackaged sentence
oh those careless syllables
of presumptuous appeal
giving effort to ignore
how they make you feel
clichés certainly have their place
and some have a yummy taste
easy to swallow and accept
to be oblivious isn’t hard to perfect

so I am guilty of indifference
succumb to the identical storylines
and predictable outcomes
of the personal stories
that seem the same
and what do I do?
I complain