Beauty has always been elevated
to a pedestal
and you can buy practically everything with money.


Without these standards,
it would be so empty,
without these standards,
it “wouldn’t” be what it is.


Where has humanity gone?
Where has mutual consideration gone?
Everything was irretrievably swallowed up by the mire of self-indulgence.
Grab the biggest loot
- that, my lord, is a victory.


The society has set its values.
Men don’t cry and women don’t wear pants.
You go against the crowd, you’re the black sheep
- You are in danger of being killed or chased by a hunter.


You lack the necessary courage
to be different,
you’d rather be a copy of others.
You will thus abandon all efforts
and so you eventually fall into
a severe lethargy.

© Adrienne Vágenknechtová

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