You can feed your ego,
choking on your cleverness,
gnawing at the bitter solitude of
always
being
right.
– or –
You can nourish your soul,
swallowing your piquant pride,
savoring your sweet flaw.
Each
tender
mistake
morsel
will be seasoned with delicious humility.
that cynking feeling 
BRILLIANT. i love this so freaking hard.
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Amazing poems it’s eloquent and lovely.
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Nice poem, and I love the title!
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Thanks!
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Okay – you made me look up the real meaning of “piquant”! Thank you for using some colorful words while making a well-founded point.
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I saw the word in a novel I was reading this weekend and had to use it right away!
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I just did the exact same thing, I even had to press the little audio button because I had no idea how to say it! Lovely poem.
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Love this, Cyn! Such a great message and great visual and great title.
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Once you have a taste it’s easier with each forkful.
Being kind is always better than being right. Nice visuals and language.
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I’m glad to know the format helped and didn’t hinder.
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It’s better if the other guy is eating the crow, right? I like the way you laid out the choice, like a buffet.
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It is, but we have to eat our share if we deserve it.
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Oh I like this. I like this a lot!! Excellent!
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“each tender mistake…” I love your writing. Nice job!
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Thanks!
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“the bitter solitude of always being right”–great phrase! I’ve have definitely fought and “won” some of those battles. I loved how you made the second choice seem so delightful. (It doesn’t feel that way, right?) I liked your layout, too. Tasty.
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No, it doesn’t always feel that way at the time.
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Que tiene un sabor picante. Nice job Cyn.
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I had to translate this!
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Slam dunk
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Oh, I really like the contrast and how you described each side so colorfully yet concisely.
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This is a GREAT response to the prompt, and a fantastic stand alone piece. Maikaʻi loa! (Very good!)
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I’m loving the diverse languages being used in the comments on this post!
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You made me want to eat it.
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That’s high praise.
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Great write, Cyn. I love this: “savoring your sweet flaw.” Delicious humility, yes. And the title is Perfection.
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This was one where I knew the title right away.
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This is perfect! It has an essence of Mary Oliver, I think. I love the way you chose to layout the words. Really lovely piece.
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Thanks for inspiring me to read some of Oliver’s poetry.
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Nice, so creative!
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It’s a choice we’re faced with every day. Very well expressed, Cyn!
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Lovely, Cyn! Both in intention and execution. I can’t even pick out my favorite part. Wonderful, wonderful job – so glad you gargleblasted. 🙂
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I thought for sure I wouldn’t, but I’m glad I did, too.
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This is beautiful! Love every word and the presentation.
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Oh my. What a beautiful way to talk about so much more than about the love for food. I’m enraptured!
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Oh man, we are struggling to teach Caroline how to be wrong. She cannot do it, even when facts are sitting right in front of her. She persists in believing that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is different from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, even though we OWN both and she has seen the texts side by side. Literal minded child combined with ODD equals one stressed kid in a world where age ten is rarely right.
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I hate being wrong. I hate admitting I’m wrong. But I’m starting to realize it doesn’t feel good to pretend I’m not.
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Love this. (Sorry not be more constructive.) Particularly like, ‘You can nourish your soul, swallowing your piquant pride.’
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Perfect.
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Beautiful and a magnificent take on the prompt.
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Thank you.
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