aka, The Abject Muse

SusanwritesPrecise

St. Xerox

It’s Blue Tuesday over at the dVerse Poets Pub, hosted by Sarahsouthwest.

“So tonight, let’s write blue. A splash of blue, an ocean of blue, a shimmer of blue. Gaze into the distance, or look down at the sapphire on your finger. Take us to the Blue Ridge Mountains or the Blue Lagoon. Hand me a Blue Monday cocktail, slap some blues on the jukebox and let’s poem.”

Navy blue jumper:

Catholic school uniform.

Thou shalt not stand out!

Nuns rebuked unique.

Individuality

Thou shalt be alike!

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23 responses to “St. Xerox”

  1. Ron. Avatar
    Ron.

    Truth.

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Yep!

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  2. Beverly Crawford Avatar
    Beverly Crawford

    ….and a legion of little Catholic girls had to learn individuality in spite of the nuns!

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Exactly!

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  3. msjadeli Avatar
    msjadeli

    Of course, it’s the hive mind.

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  4. msjadeli Avatar
    msjadeli

    P.S. I love your title!

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Thank you, Jade/Li!

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      1. msjadeli Avatar
        msjadeli

        You’re welcome.

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  5. memadtwo Avatar
    memadtwo

    It never worked too well, as far as I could tell from my Catholic School friends…(K)

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Didn’t do a thing for me. :-)

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  6. kim881 Avatar
    kim881

    Most British school had navy blue jumpers when I was at school – it has got more colourful since. But navy blue jumpers and skirts do bring back my school days, as did your poem, Susan!

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      I hope your school days were happier than mine! :-)

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      1. kim881 Avatar
        kim881

        Mostly. I hated the uniform though.

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      2. The Abject Muse Avatar
        The Abject Muse

        Wearing the same thing every day was mind-numbing. Thank God I only had to do it for 4 years.

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  7. Ingrid Avatar
    Ingrid

    It’s such a cute picture though! Like Kim says, British schools all have uniforms: I hated being forced to conform, and have been rebelling against it ever since. I do think my kids would look cute in school uniform though…

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Maybe it wasn’t the uniforms themselves, but what they represented. Plus those vicious nuns. Ugh!

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  8. Ron Rowland Avatar
    Ron Rowland

    Love it – St. Xerox

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  9. robtkistner Avatar
    robtkistner

    Gawd, my grade school days at Assumption Parish just came roaring back to freak me out.

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Sorry about the freak out. It was a horrific time, for certain.

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  10. Geoff Stamper Avatar
    Geoff Stamper

    Been there. Done That.

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  11. M Avatar
    M

    my catholic school uni was brown and green. but, yep ~

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  12. Björn Rudberg (brudberg) Avatar
    Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

    To deviate is deviant… a sin, we better be alike.

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    1. The Abject Muse Avatar
      The Abject Muse

      Excatly. Amen (?)

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