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I THINK THE TITLE AND LAST LINE ONE IN THE SAME  ANSWERS THAT QUESTION...

I HAD THE FIRST TWO LINES STUCK IN MY HEAD AND THE REST JUST FOLLOED ALONG...IT FEELS MORE LIKE A SHORT STORY TO ME...

THE SIMPLE TRUTH IS THERE IS NO SIMPLE TRUTH CAME AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. I MEAN  YA THERE ARE SOME SIMPLE TRUTHS OUT THERE THAT ARE TRUE FOR EVERYONE  BUT I AM TALKING ON A DEEPER LEVEL I GUESS...A LOT OF IT INVOLVES INTERPRETATION OF FACTS AS YOU SEE THEM...IT'S FUNNY I WAS THINKING OF AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE TRUTH LIKE THE SKY IS UP BUT IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT...THE EARTH IS A PLANET ROTATING IN SPACE AND WE ARE HELD IN PLACE BY GRAVITY SO SOMETIMES UP IS DOWN AND DOWN IS UP AND  COULD BE SIDEWAYS EVEN...I REMEMBER WRITING A POEM A LONG TIME AGO THAT HAD A LINE IT IT...UP IS DOWN AND DOWN IS UP THANKS TO THE FORCE OF GRAVITY...I HAVE OFTEN PONDERED THAT...OR MAYBE SINCE THE SKY IS PART OF SPACE WHERE THERE IS NO UP OR DOWN REALLY....IT GETS CONFUSING IF YOU OVER THINK IT...SO IT IS RELATIVE TO OUR OBSERVATION OF IT BEING ABOVE US THAT THE SKY IS UP...OR THE SKY IS BLUE...I FORGET IF THAT IS AN ILLUSION OR LAKES OR OCEANS OR BODIES OF WATER APPEAR TO BE BLUE BUT THEY JUST REFLECT THE SKY...MAYBE THAT IS IT THE WATER APPEARS BLUE SOMETIMES BUT IT IS ACTUALLY CLEAR AND REFLECTING THE BLUE SKY...SO MAYBE THE SKY IS BLUE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE TRUTH THAT EVERYONE BELIEVES TO BE TRUE...OR JUST SEEMS TO BE AN OBVIOUS TRUTH...

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I WAS THINKING OF A BUNCH OF PICS I LOOKED THROUGH QUITE AWHILE BACK THAT MY SISTER WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US  TOOK ON A CRUISE SHIP. SHE PUT THEM ON A FLASH DRIVE I SENT HER SO I COULD SEE PICS OF HER TRIP. I WAS LIKE DELETE DELETE DELETE...GEEZ...I NEVER HAD ANY DESIRE TO GO ON A CRUISE...IT JUST NEVER APPEALED TO ME BUT SHE LOVED TO SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS SO GREAT ABOUT IT AND THE MAJORITY OF HER PICS WERE OF FOOD. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT...I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE MAYBE DOLPHINS AND THE OCEAN AND INTERESTING PLACES SHE MIGHT HAVE  VISITED AND HONESTLY THE MAJORITY OF THE PICS WERE OF  THE FOOD....UNBELIEVABLE...I NOTICE MY NIECES AND MY OTHER SISTER LIKE TO POST LOTS OF FOOD PICS TOO...I DON'T GET IT...THEY DON'T SEEM QUITE AS CARRIED AWAY WITH IT AS SHE WAS BUT STILL SEEMS TO COME UP A LOT WITH THEM...ANYWAY...LIKE I SAID...TO EACH HIS OWN...JUST NOT FOR ME...

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I ALWAYS LOVED THAT LESLIE GORE SONG YOU DON'T OWN ME...I EVEN DID A KARAOKE COVER ON YOUTUBE AWHILE AGO....

I DON'T PLAY HARD TO GET I AM HARD TO GET...ACTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE...SO DON'T WASTE ANY TIME TRYING...HONESTLY NOT INTERESTED....JUST A GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT...SO TIRED OF BEING BOTHERED....TRUTH

MANY TIMES AS A KID I WAS  TOLD BY MY  MOM TO MIND MY OWN BUSINESS AND THAT SOME STUFF WAS NOBODY ELSE'S BUSINESS....SO I WAS JUST GONNA END WITH ON A NEED TO KNOW BASIS THERE'S SOME STUFF I DON'T NEED TO KNOW BUT THEN DECIDED TO ELABORATE ON EXAMPLES OF STUFF YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW....HMMM...INTERESTING TWIST THERE HUH...

I WANTED TO RHYME BOTH WORDS AND SEE HOW FAR I COULD GO TO CHANGE THINGS DRASTICALLY...SOMETIMES IT CAN BE TEDIOUS AND FEEL UPTIGHT TO BE TOO POLITE...SOMEBODY WILL PROBABLY SLIP SOONER OR LATER...INTENTIONALLY OR NOT...IT MAY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE WALKING ON EGG SHELLS TO BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR OR SOMETHING...I DUNNO....POLITE COMPANY JUST POPPED INTO MY HEAD AND THAT WAS WHAT CAME OF IT.

FAIRY TALES USUALLY END AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER...BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY...DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT IT....I DIDN'T...JUST TOOK IT MATTER OF FACTLY...HAPPILY EVER AFTER...HMMM