At dVerse Sanaa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about peer pressure (something that affects adults as much as teens)
dVerse Poets – Poetics – When It Comes To Peer Pressure

“Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.” Aesop
What Do You Really Want? They love your work, you spoke so powerfully and with such passion, they want to talk to you about coming on to the committee, it could lead to greater things, take time to think about it; which we both know is not true, time will become a loud ticking bomb. Just imagine, he goes on, the public profile, imagine the job offers, you'd be great at this, and we need you (now comes the truth). Rep. X chairs this one, he's going places too, how's that? And, O, what's her name, the one you like, she's on it too. They pay for everything, the food, think about it, what do you say? I remember he said take time, and there it is, the pressure bomb. I'll let you know tomorrow, which we both know that means no, but I can't come right out and just say it, I'm weighing the worn track in my mind that wants to, used to always, say yes, but the wreckage of so many of these ego trips lie in my wake and sucked the life out of me. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®️