so maybe we meet in an elevator maybe we’re in line at the grocery store and
we’re in line at the grocery store and
we’re in line at the grocery store and it feels like we’ve both been there a
it feels like we’ve both been there a
it feels like we’ve both been there a really long time oh really
really long time oh really
really long time oh really only two people in the waiting room at
only two people in the waiting room at
only two people in the waiting room at the doctor’s office and the magazine
the doctor’s office and the magazine
the doctor’s office and the magazine selection sucks so here we are
selection sucks so here we are
selection sucks so here we are or maybe I’m standing in front of you
or maybe I’m standing in front of you
or maybe I’m standing in front of you wearing a paper mache mask in the shape
wearing a paper mache mask in the shape
wearing a paper mache mask in the shape of a coyote skull and you have no idea
of a coyote skull and you have no idea
of a coyote skull and you have no idea why so we may as well break the ice now
why so we may as well break the ice now
why so we may as well break the ice now you ask me what I do and what you means
you ask me what I do and what you means
you ask me what I do and what you means I mean by that is what do I do for a
I mean by that is what do I do for a
I mean by that is what do I do for a living and by living you want to know do
living and by living you want to know do
living and by living you want to know do I have a career and made that what
I have a career and made that what
I have a career and made that what you’re asking me is what is my
you’re asking me is what is my
you’re asking me is what is my measurable value as a person and society
measurable value as a person and society
measurable value as a person and society and when that man in the elevator asks
and when that man in the elevator asks
and when that man in the elevator asks for my phone number he always does I
for my phone number he always does I
for my phone number he always does I notice he’s wearing a really nice watch
notice he’s wearing a really nice watch
notice he’s wearing a really nice watch and his boots are polished and I think
and his boots are polished and I think
and his boots are polished and I think to myself he would take me to a trendy
to myself he would take me to a trendy
to myself he would take me to a trendy upscale restaurant on a first date it’d
upscale restaurant on a first date it’d
upscale restaurant on a first date it’d be one of those places that serves
be one of those places that serves
be one of those places that serves fusion food and the cocktails would be
fusion food and the cocktails would be
fusion food and the cocktails would be 30 bucks a pop and he would sit across
30 bucks a pop and he would sit across
30 bucks a pop and he would sit across from one another speaking in code about
from one another speaking in code about
from one another speaking in code about what kind of investment each of us was
what kind of investment each of us was
what kind of investment each of us was and I was almost married someone because
and I was almost married someone because
and I was almost married someone because I was so astonished at his ability to be
I was so astonished at his ability to be
I was so astonished at his ability to be a high-rolling successful professional
a high-rolling successful professional
a high-rolling successful professional and an alcoholic at the same time but I
and an alcoholic at the same time but I
and an alcoholic at the same time but I mistook that astonishment for love and
mistook that astonishment for love and
mistook that astonishment for love and as he punched holes in the wall next to
as he punched holes in the wall next to
as he punched holes in the wall next to my head I said to myself he has a good
my head I said to myself he has a good
my head I said to myself he has a good job and once my mother you love mother
job and once my mother you love mother
job and once my mother you love mother stories right we all do my mother was so
stories right we all do my mother was so
stories right we all do my mother was so embarrassed to tell the neighbors that
embarrassed to tell the neighbors that
embarrassed to tell the neighbors that kept relocating that I couldn’t just
kept relocating that I couldn’t just
kept relocating that I couldn’t just pick one place and set down roots maybe
pick one place and set down roots maybe
pick one place and set down roots maybe like buy a house find a husband
like buy a house find a husband
like buy a house find a husband something that people are supposed to do
something that people are supposed to do
something that people are supposed to do she said it made me appear unstable and
she said it made me appear unstable and
she said it made me appear unstable and I was like mom I am unstable in fact I
I was like mom I am unstable in fact I
I was like mom I am unstable in fact I prefer it that way it’s more fun for me
prefer it that way it’s more fun for me
prefer it that way it’s more fun for me but what she needed to tell the
but what she needed to tell the
but what she needed to tell the neighbors the neighbors whose names I
neighbors the neighbors whose names I
neighbors the neighbors whose names I didn’t even know she had to tell them
didn’t even know she had to tell them
didn’t even know she had to tell them that I had a job and it wasn’t that
that I had a job and it wasn’t that
that I had a job and it wasn’t that anyone was especially worried about my
anyone was especially worried about my
anyone was especially worried about my survival or my ability to pay my bills
survival or my ability to pay my bills
survival or my ability to pay my bills it was that that was how I was being
it was that that was how I was being
it was that that was how I was being measured as a person in the world that’s
measured as a person in the world that’s
measured as a person in the world that’s where my value was coming from a night I
where my value was coming from a night I
where my value was coming from a night I had a job but also that was the year I
had a job but also that was the year I
had a job but also that was the year I started writing again and I was making
started writing again and I was making
started writing again and I was making beautiful things and nobody asked me
beautiful things and nobody asked me
beautiful things and nobody asked me what I loved I think about the neighbors
what I loved I think about the neighbors
what I loved I think about the neighbors oh god the neighbors what will the
oh god the neighbors what will the
oh god the neighbors what will the neighbors think
neighbors think
neighbors think and the neighbors is everybody we ever
and the neighbors is everybody we ever
and the neighbors is everybody we ever encounter who we feel we have to explain
encounter who we feel we have to explain
encounter who we feel we have to explain ourselves to right and neighbors are in
ourselves to right and neighbors are in
ourselves to right and neighbors are in all the elevators they’re in traffic
all the elevators they’re in traffic
all the elevators they’re in traffic with us they’re in the office three
with us they’re in the office three
with us they’re in the office three doors down the neighbors are everywhere
doors down the neighbors are everywhere
doors down the neighbors are everywhere and we have this pressure of being
and we have this pressure of being
and we have this pressure of being observed and then we start to
observed and then we start to
observed and then we start to compartmentalize ourselves and when we
compartmentalize ourselves and when we
compartmentalize ourselves and when we are compartmentalizing ourselves we
are compartmentalizing ourselves we
are compartmentalizing ourselves we can’t help but compartmentalize that one
can’t help but compartmentalize that one
can’t help but compartmentalize that one another and I said this to someone once
another and I said this to someone once
another and I said this to someone once and he said Nina you’re just a free
and he said Nina you’re just a free
and he said Nina you’re just a free spirit I don’t know what that means
spirit I don’t know what that means
spirit I don’t know what that means though I’m not a free spirit I don’t
though I’m not a free spirit I don’t
though I’m not a free spirit I don’t know what that is nothing about me is
know what that is nothing about me is
know what that is nothing about me is free I’m not untethered I’m not gonna
free I’m not untethered I’m not gonna
free I’m not untethered I’m not gonna float away if you want to anchor me I’m
float away if you want to anchor me I’m
float away if you want to anchor me I’m not free I’m bound I am bound so tightly
not free I’m bound I am bound so tightly
not free I’m bound I am bound so tightly two things that I believe in and things
two things that I believe in and things
two things that I believe in and things that I am building and people that I
that I am building and people that I
that I am building and people that I love I’m also not a free spirit really
love I’m also not a free spirit really
love I’m also not a free spirit really because I have all of these walls built
because I have all of these walls built
because I have all of these walls built around me and they’re walls that are
around me and they’re walls that are
around me and they’re walls that are built out of criteria based on these
built out of criteria based on these
built out of criteria based on these expectations
expectations
expectations and the expectation cuz they get weird
and the expectation cuz they get weird
and the expectation cuz they get weird like how long do I have to wait to text
like how long do I have to wait to text
like how long do I have to wait to text after a first date expectations about
after a first date expectations about
after a first date expectations about like what work means or what is a real
like what work means or what is a real
like what work means or what is a real job like being a CEO is more valid than
job like being a CEO is more valid than
job like being a CEO is more valid than being a bartender real expectations
being a bartender real expectations
being a bartender real expectations about being a nice girl whether or not I
about being a nice girl whether or not I
about being a nice girl whether or not I have to be a nice girl expectations
have to be a nice girl expectations
have to be a nice girl expectations about what I am allowed to give
about what I am allowed to give
about what I am allowed to give expectations about what I’m allowed to
expectations about what I’m allowed to
expectations about what I’m allowed to ask before I’m gonna ask you for
ask before I’m gonna ask you for
ask before I’m gonna ask you for something though I want to ask you for a
something though I want to ask you for a
something though I want to ask you for a moment if you can stop measuring
moment if you can stop measuring
moment if you can stop measuring yourself measuring yourself by things
yourself measuring yourself by things
yourself measuring yourself by things like approval ratings your mortgage
like approval ratings your mortgage
like approval ratings your mortgage credit score is what kind of car you
credit score is what kind of car you
credit score is what kind of car you drive which neighborhood you live in
drive which neighborhood you live in
drive which neighborhood you live in I wanna ask you if you believe that this
I wanna ask you if you believe that this
I wanna ask you if you believe that this structure is are really here for us if
structure is are really here for us if
structure is are really here for us if you think that this structure was here
you think that this structure was here
you think that this structure was here to make you whole I want to ask you if
to make you whole I want to ask you if
to make you whole I want to ask you if you feel whole do you believe that you
you feel whole do you believe that you
you feel whole do you believe that you could be whole and I want to ask you if
could be whole and I want to ask you if
could be whole and I want to ask you if you’re ready for me to take this mask
you’re ready for me to take this mask
you’re ready for me to take this mask off yet that is not rhetorical I will
off yet that is not rhetorical I will
off yet that is not rhetorical I will keep asking you are you ready for me to
keep asking you are you ready for me to
keep asking you are you ready for me to take this mask off I don’t think you are
take this mask off I don’t think you are
take this mask off I don’t think you are I don’t think you’re ready yet it’s like
I don’t think you’re ready yet it’s like
I don’t think you’re ready yet it’s like this okay so we live in these glass
this okay so we live in these glass
this okay so we live in these glass houses we’ve all heard about glass
houses we’ve all heard about glass
houses we’ve all heard about glass houses right it’s a thing we always talk
houses right it’s a thing we always talk
houses right it’s a thing we always talk about them and we’re in these rows so
about them and we’re in these rows so
about them and we’re in these rows so we’re neighbors we are the neighbors all
we’re neighbors we are the neighbors all
we’re neighbors we are the neighbors all of us are the neighbors we’re all
of us are the neighbors we’re all
of us are the neighbors we’re all dreaded neighbors and we can we can see
dreaded neighbors and we can we can see
dreaded neighbors and we can we can see through the walls right so because we
through the walls right so because we
through the walls right so because we can see through the walls we can see
can see through the walls we can see
can see through the walls we can see each other we have this pressure on us
each other we have this pressure on us
each other we have this pressure on us if I was appearing very well ironed and
if I was appearing very well ironed and
if I was appearing very well ironed and very well put together and because we
very well put together and because we
very well put together and because we can see each other we have this illusion
can see each other we have this illusion
can see each other we have this illusion of
of
of with each other but when we put our
with each other but when we put our
with each other but when we put our hands out i just rising our palms
hands out i just rising our palms
hands out i just rising our palms against glass if we’re not touching each
against glass if we’re not touching each
against glass if we’re not touching each other how do we know anyone else is
other how do we know anyone else is
other how do we know anyone else is really there and now here we are with
really there and now here we are with
really there and now here we are with this fabricated illusion of connection
this fabricated illusion of connection
this fabricated illusion of connection where we don’t have any kind of real
where we don’t have any kind of real
where we don’t have any kind of real connection at all and all of these
connection at all and all of these
connection at all and all of these conversations are happening in all of
conversations are happening in all of
conversations are happening in all of these circles about the way that
these circles about the way that
these circles about the way that loneliness is killing us so we’re just
loneliness is killing us so we’re just
loneliness is killing us so we’re just moving along on these like conveyer
moving along on these like conveyer
moving along on these like conveyer belts in our glass houses and why are we
belts in our glass houses and why are we
belts in our glass houses and why are we doing it we’re doing it because we have
doing it we’re doing it because we have
doing it we’re doing it because we have been told that we must we’ve been told
been told that we must we’ve been told
been told that we must we’ve been told that if we play it safe if we play our
that if we play it safe if we play our
that if we play it safe if we play our cards close to our chests we’re gonna
cards close to our chests we’re gonna
cards close to our chests we’re gonna get ahead we’re getting ahead we’re
get ahead we’re getting ahead we’re
get ahead we’re getting ahead we’re gonna be respected if we were respected
gonna be respected if we were respected
gonna be respected if we were respected we’re gonna be well-liked and then we
we’re gonna be well-liked and then we
we’re gonna be well-liked and then we won’t be alone but what are we getting
won’t be alone but what are we getting
won’t be alone but what are we getting ahead of what are we getting ahead of
ahead of what are we getting ahead of
ahead of what are we getting ahead of and does anybody ask you what you love
and does anybody ask you what you love
and does anybody ask you what you love if we’re gonna connect we have to push
if we’re gonna connect we have to push
if we’re gonna connect we have to push through that glass and we live in a
through that glass and we live in a
through that glass and we live in a world that says don’t let them see you
world that says don’t let them see you
world that says don’t let them see you bleed and this is gonna hurt what would
bleed and this is gonna hurt what would
bleed and this is gonna hurt what would your tinder profile say if you were
your tinder profile say if you were
your tinder profile say if you were telling the truth okay so mine would say
telling the truth okay so mine would say
telling the truth okay so mine would say you ready for this it’s real good mine
you ready for this it’s real good mine
you ready for this it’s real good mine would say that um Oh sometimes they stop
would say that um Oh sometimes they stop
would say that um Oh sometimes they stop eating for days and I once starved
eating for days and I once starved
eating for days and I once starved myself until I had a 24 inch waist and
myself until I had a 24 inch waist and
myself until I had a 24 inch waist and it didn’t make me happy mine would say
it didn’t make me happy mine would say
it didn’t make me happy mine would say that I have commitment issues and
that I have commitment issues and
that I have commitment issues and irrational fears and that sometimes I
irrational fears and that sometimes I
irrational fears and that sometimes I have trouble sleeping and I have really
have trouble sleeping and I have really
have trouble sleeping and I have really big issues with overripe bananas and I
big issues with overripe bananas and I
big issues with overripe bananas and I get mascara all over the pillowcases and
get mascara all over the pillowcases and
get mascara all over the pillowcases and maybe maybe sometimes
maybe maybe sometimes
maybe maybe sometimes try to cut and run a little too soon
try to cut and run a little too soon
try to cut and run a little too soon mine would also say that I love really
mine would also say that I love really
mine would also say that I love really big that I’m devoted and that I am
big that I’m devoted and that I am
big that I’m devoted and that I am mostly gentle and then if I love you I’m
mostly gentle and then if I love you I’m
mostly gentle and then if I love you I’m always always going to believe you
always always going to believe you
always always going to believe you instead my tinder profile says that I am
instead my tinder profile says that I am
instead my tinder profile says that I am a witty writer who enjoys peeling small
a witty writer who enjoys peeling small
a witty writer who enjoys peeling small citrus fruits and when I’m feeling
citrus fruits and when I’m feeling
citrus fruits and when I’m feeling especially revealing I like to talk
especially revealing I like to talk
especially revealing I like to talk about my love of Russian literature are
about my love of Russian literature are
about my love of Russian literature are you ready for me to take this mask off
you ready for me to take this mask off
you ready for me to take this mask off yet so this one time a man threw a beer
yet so this one time a man threw a beer
yet so this one time a man threw a beer bottle at me from across the street well
bottle at me from across the street well
bottle at me from across the street well I was minding my own business in the
I was minding my own business in the
I was minding my own business in the middle of an afternoon holding a cup of
middle of an afternoon holding a cup of
middle of an afternoon holding a cup of coffee and as this bottle came flying
coffee and as this bottle came flying
coffee and as this bottle came flying toward me he yelled go read some more of
toward me he yelled go read some more of
toward me he yelled go read some more of your shitty poetry bitch the loudest
your shitty poetry bitch the loudest
your shitty poetry bitch the loudest sound was all that glass shattering at
sound was all that glass shattering at
sound was all that glass shattering at my feet and he just kept walking and I
my feet and he just kept walking and I
my feet and he just kept walking and I cried definitely stood there in the
cried definitely stood there in the
cried definitely stood there in the street crying and it’s been 14 years and
street crying and it’s been 14 years and
street crying and it’s been 14 years and I’m still afraid of him but mostly I
I’m still afraid of him but mostly I
I’m still afraid of him but mostly I wonder if he’s okay because these days
wonder if he’s okay because these days
wonder if he’s okay because these days it seems like nobody is okay and nobody
it seems like nobody is okay and nobody
it seems like nobody is okay and nobody knows what to do with a grown woman
knows what to do with a grown woman
knows what to do with a grown woman standing in the street holding a cup of
standing in the street holding a cup of
standing in the street holding a cup of coffee crying over a beer bottle in the
coffee crying over a beer bottle in the
coffee crying over a beer bottle in the middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday but
middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday but
middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday but why and why was I so ashamed to not have
why and why was I so ashamed to not have
why and why was I so ashamed to not have been impermeable I was more embarrassed
been impermeable I was more embarrassed
been impermeable I was more embarrassed that I was affected than that a guy
that I was affected than that a guy
that I was affected than that a guy yelled at me in the street and threw a
yelled at me in the street and threw a
yelled at me in the street and threw a bottle at me but why you asked me what
bottle at me but why you asked me what
bottle at me but why you asked me what what I do and what I want to say
as I don’t know what I’m doing and
as I don’t know what I’m doing and neither do you and we’re just we’re
neither do you and we’re just we’re
neither do you and we’re just we’re standing here with this list of things
standing here with this list of things
standing here with this list of things were supposed to recite to one another
were supposed to recite to one another
were supposed to recite to one another and my gut instinct is I want you to
and my gut instinct is I want you to
and my gut instinct is I want you to think that I’m beautiful I want you to
think that I’m beautiful I want you to
think that I’m beautiful I want you to think that I am to cool and to collect
think that I am to cool and to collect
think that I am to cool and to collect it be worried or nervous or lose my
it be worried or nervous or lose my
it be worried or nervous or lose my footing but we are in this together and
footing but we are in this together and
footing but we are in this together and I don’t want us to do it that way I once
I don’t want us to do it that way I once
I don’t want us to do it that way I once wear this mask in a carnival but we’re
wear this mask in a carnival but we’re
wear this mask in a carnival but we’re gonna talk about that in a moment
gonna talk about that in a moment
gonna talk about that in a moment I wrote this talk four times no I wrote
I wrote this talk four times no I wrote
I wrote this talk four times no I wrote this talk like seven or eight times
this talk like seven or eight times
this talk like seven or eight times possibly ten and by around seven or
possibly ten and by around seven or
possibly ten and by around seven or eight I realized that I had been trying
eight I realized that I had been trying
eight I realized that I had been trying desperately to give the whole thing this
desperately to give the whole thing this
desperately to give the whole thing this air of academic legitimacy with things
air of academic legitimacy with things
air of academic legitimacy with things like statistics about social isolation
like statistics about social isolation
like statistics about social isolation and Oh dictionary definitions for words
and Oh dictionary definitions for words
and Oh dictionary definitions for words like bravery or authenticity or radical
like bravery or authenticity or radical
like bravery or authenticity or radical our vulnerability then I realized I’d
our vulnerability then I realized I’d
our vulnerability then I realized I’d stripped my whole soul out of it I
stripped my whole soul out of it I
stripped my whole soul out of it I thought of standing here without asking
thought of standing here without asking
thought of standing here without asking you to let me fall in love with you was
you to let me fall in love with you was
you to let me fall in love with you was horrifying why can’t I just remind you
horrifying why can’t I just remind you
horrifying why can’t I just remind you that we need each other I don’t need to
that we need each other I don’t need to
that we need each other I don’t need to tell you why you already know it you
tell you why you already know it you
tell you why you already know it you already know that we need each other
already know that we need each other
already know that we need each other because you have been told to pull
because you have been told to pull
because you have been told to pull yourself up by the bootstraps and
yourself up by the bootstraps and
yourself up by the bootstraps and sometimes when you are alone very late
sometimes when you are alone very late
sometimes when you are alone very late at night that is a very heavy thought I
at night that is a very heavy thought I
at night that is a very heavy thought I don’t need to explain to you that we
don’t need to explain to you that we
don’t need to explain to you that we need each other because in case of flood
need each other because in case of flood
need each other because in case of flood or fire or hurricane ER and perhaps the
or fire or hurricane ER and perhaps the
or fire or hurricane ER and perhaps the event where you need to flee your home
event where you need to flee your home
event where you need to flee your home country and seek refuge elsewhere you
country and seek refuge elsewhere you
country and seek refuge elsewhere you don’t know that I will help you I don’t
don’t know that I will help you I don’t
don’t know that I will help you I don’t need to explain to you that we need each
need to explain to you that we need each
need to explain to you that we need each other because you already are worried
other because you already are worried
other because you already are worried that you’re not
that you’re not
that you’re not enough I don’t need to explain to you
enough I don’t need to explain to you
enough I don’t need to explain to you that we need each other because you
that we need each other because you
that we need each other because you already know the gravity of it already
already know the gravity of it already
already know the gravity of it already haunts you so this carnival it was a
haunts you so this carnival it was a
haunts you so this carnival it was a carnival of the absurd and we invited
carnival of the absurd and we invited
carnival of the absurd and we invited participants to come and meet creatures
participants to come and meet creatures
participants to come and meet creatures one after the other and we would ask
one after the other and we would ask
one after the other and we would ask them questions questions like what do
them questions questions like what do
them questions questions like what do you love questions like what lie are you
you love questions like what lie are you
you love questions like what lie are you telling questions like what do you think
telling questions like what do you think
telling questions like what do you think of when you look at the night sky and I
of when you look at the night sky and I
of when you look at the night sky and I realized at some point that it was not a
realized at some point that it was not a
realized at some point that it was not a theatre that I was participating in so
theatre that I was participating in so
theatre that I was participating in so much as a reaching for people reaching
much as a reaching for people reaching
much as a reaching for people reaching because when you reach for people people
because when you reach for people people
because when you reach for people people will reach back for you because we want
will reach back for you because we want
will reach back for you because we want to because we will because we need to
to because we will because we need to
to because we will because we need to push through that glass and everytime
push through that glass and everytime
push through that glass and everytime you participate in acts of vulnerability
you participate in acts of vulnerability
you participate in acts of vulnerability you are choosing to make more room for
you are choosing to make more room for
you are choosing to make more room for your own authenticity I once watched one
your own authenticity I once watched one
your own authenticity I once watched one man console another man
man console another man
man console another man by holding his friend in his arms while
by holding his friend in his arms while
by holding his friend in his arms while his friend wept and I think it was maybe
his friend wept and I think it was maybe
his friend wept and I think it was maybe one of the most beautiful things I’ve
one of the most beautiful things I’ve
one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen
ever seen
ever seen I thought of what it meant to to bridge
I thought of what it meant to to bridge
I thought of what it meant to to bridge that gap in a culture that tells our
that gap in a culture that tells our
that gap in a culture that tells our boys to man up in a culture that shames
boys to man up in a culture that shames
boys to man up in a culture that shames the sharing of affection and emotions
the sharing of affection and emotions
the sharing of affection and emotions between men and I thought about how each
between men and I thought about how each
between men and I thought about how each of them knew in that moment that he was
of them knew in that moment that he was
of them knew in that moment that he was not alone
not alone
not alone and of what knowing
and of what knowing
and of what knowing that means and of why it is worth it
that means and of why it is worth it
that means and of why it is worth it even though it hurts and is scary how
even though it hurts and is scary how
even though it hurts and is scary how could you ever build that kind of
could you ever build that kind of
could you ever build that kind of connection on the back of a status quo
so there’s masks it’s another structure
so there’s masks it’s another structure structures can be wonderful things until
structures can be wonderful things until
structures can be wonderful things until we begin to forget that we have a shape
we begin to forget that we have a shape
we begin to forget that we have a shape outside of those structures you have a
outside of those structures you have a
outside of those structures you have a shape everyone around you has a shape
shape everyone around you has a shape
shape everyone around you has a shape and every time you choose your own
and every time you choose your own
and every time you choose your own authenticity you are making a room for
authenticity you are making a room for
authenticity you are making a room for the authenticity and others when you say
the authenticity and others when you say
the authenticity and others when you say this is where it hurts you’re opening
this is where it hurts you’re opening
this is where it hurts you’re opening the door for somebody else to face you
the door for somebody else to face you
the door for somebody else to face you and say I hurt there too and you are
and say I hurt there too and you are
and say I hurt there too and you are worthy of that kind of connection we’re
worthy of that kind of connection we’re
worthy of that kind of connection we’re all worthy of that kind of connection
all worthy of that kind of connection
all worthy of that kind of connection every act of vulnerability is it direct
every act of vulnerability is it direct
every act of vulnerability is it direct rebellion to a status quo that tells you
rebellion to a status quo that tells you
rebellion to a status quo that tells you that your value lies on paper your value
that your value lies on paper your value
that your value lies on paper your value doesn’t lie on paper your value cannot
doesn’t lie on paper your value cannot
doesn’t lie on paper your value cannot be measured you cannot be measured so we
be measured you cannot be measured so we
be measured you cannot be measured so we have these choices every day we we have
have these choices every day we we have
have these choices every day we we have a choice to choose bravery and
a choice to choose bravery and
a choice to choose bravery and authenticity to choose to refuse to
authenticity to choose to refuse to
authenticity to choose to refuse to allow ourselves to be harnessed by
allow ourselves to be harnessed by
allow ourselves to be harnessed by indivisible criteria and questions about
indivisible criteria and questions about
indivisible criteria and questions about our day jobs when we are so much more
our day jobs when we are so much more
our day jobs when we are so much more profound than that and I’m gonna choose
profound than that and I’m gonna choose
profound than that and I’m gonna choose you
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