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(I don’t really know what prompted this one. It deals with people who transform themselves into others. They don’t create their own identity, but try to turn into a person they idolize. It can be physical and psychological. I’ve seen it a lot throughout the years, so this was probably triggered by such an encounter.)
Why do some just follow?
Altering their outer shell
To become another being
A muted copy
Of another that they praise
Do they hate their soul?
Disgusted by what they are
Wasting strength
To transform into a butterfly
When they were born a tadpole
At what point do they stop?
Settling into a comfortable skin
Putting an end
To the constant flaying
That leaves them a patchwork poser
Legends of Windemere 
THis reminded me of an episode of Star Trek: Pickard I just watched. 😉
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Never saw that show.
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It’s on Paramount+ and really good but Pickard is getting way too old.This is the last year.
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At least it isn’t overstaying it’s welcome.
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Very fitting for today sad to say.
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Unfortunate, but true.
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Good one, Charles. I have met a number of posers and really like to avoid them
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Thanks. They are pretty hard to avoid.
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True
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That’s something I never did understand.
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Same here.
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They never developed a sense of self. They never had an upbringing to support them as children.
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Maybe. I think some grow up needing to be whatever the adults around them wanted. They were basically people pleasers and sacrificed their identities to do so.
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Well said.
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