3WW, "Keep Your Distance"

The words over at Three Word Wednesday are dual, identical and volley. Here, in 100 words, is my response:

Keep your distance
The black jeans, the polished-black Doc Martens, the Misfits T-shirt (black, of course) are a cloak.
A way to plow through polite society without having to answer a single goddamn one of a volley of stupid, fucking questions.
The dark glasses help, dual polished mirror lenses looking back.
The fuck-you attitude, it’s identical deterrent.
Soccer moms part for you at the convenience store; old men stare, then look away, with a slight shake of the head.
Just the way you’ve planned. The moves you’ve perfected in the mirror.
Blackness. Don’t touch, me motherfucker.
(Loneliness is a supple bitch).

Comments

Ann (bunnygirl) said…
Nice. I knew kids like that when I was a young'un. They didn't fool me, but I respected their wishes. I prefer the world keep its distance, too.
Old Egg said…
Curiously there is that underlying feeling of sadness and despair at not fitting in so a mask has to be worn. Despite what we see there is somebody at home behind the disguise that has a future...perhaps.

Where to from here ThomG?
trisha said…
people hide their true self for so many reasons.

beautiful take.

trisha
http://sharmishthabasu.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/identical-yet-dual-for-3ww-n-truth-peace-24-3-11/
Insightful and expressed so well. I've known many young people who have adopted this protective persona and it frequently hides a gentle, even shy, interior.

I'm a bit late with my 3WW, but hope you'll find time to stop by: A Sacred Bond
Sheilagh Lee said…
a great take on why the uniform.

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