Masking

No fault
to those

where it's necessity

but here in LA

it seems

it is simply

cultural norm

to deceive

to lie

to equivocate

to hedge

"we should hang out"

"lets see how we feel"

"lets collaborate"

obfuscation and artifice

as the standard mode

of communication

I may be

a simple midwestern man

with what some might see

as a lack of ambition

a lack of drive

no interest in power or position or perception

but

I'll say this for myself

with pride

I say what I mean and I mean what I say

Direct. Simple.

It seems to me

the better way.