Saturday, October 17, 2015

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Dissociation is an
adolescent form of identity,
whether manifested
in individuals or institutions.

Most teenagers, one way
or another and sooner or later,
figure out that,
"I'm not like you!"
neither gives us
a sense of moral or
other superiority, 
nor tells us who we really are.

Once this threshold
is reached, where the emptiness
of difference-shaming is revealed,

the way forward
is through expanding community;
by realizing our differences
are much smaller and
far less consequential
than our simpler selves imagined.


© 2015 Todd Jenkins

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