How And What Do You Do?
A recurrent question, when meeting someone new,
is asking rhetorically:
"how do you do?"
This is more a greeting than finding how you feel.
No attention is given
to what is real.
A major inquiry, in acquaintance debut,
is asking to ascertain:
"what do you do?"
This is to classify and place in pigeonholes.
Stereotypes can confuse
people with roles.
A subtle inspection, as relationships take,
is asking to determine:
"what do you make?"
This is counting value on wealth and things with rife.
Not, did you "make a difference"
in someone's life?
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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