You see me!
I try to hide
the black shadows beneath my eyes
behind layers and layers of masks–
the poker face;
the impersonal nod;
the practical discussion
of returning belongings;
the frown;
the anger;
the layers and layers of accusations;
the pointing finger;
the clenched fists;
the huffed walking out–
the many masks I use to hide
the pain behind my eyes
that rakes my heart and questions my being,
bridled losely by my need to survive…
But you see me through the facade
and give that smug smile
that shows you know how well you’ve hurt me
and you’re fine with the price…
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a truly blistering piece; not a line wasted
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Thank you, John! 😁 My line of work is to ensure not a word is wasted too!
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of course, you do editing, don’t you?
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I do content designing for learners. It requires cutting down to bare minimum. Sometimes, one-tenth. I am ruthless now.
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wow! 90 % reduction, that is ruthless but some people are overly garrulous 🙂
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Hehehe! You can’t believe how much we all can go ‘Blah! Blah!’ if left unchecked. My delete and backspace buttons are my most used buttons. And when I send content suggestions to the client using ‘strikethrough’ option on the document, the page looks like a battle field.
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lol 🙂 🙂
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Instructional Design is content development and course design for adult learners. Since the attention span of learners is 8 minutes or less, we try to give a summed up version of the content. It can be as short as one eight-word line per page.
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