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e valley?</p><p id="f375">Are we gathering momentum, Or merely passing time? Oh, if not for you, indifference Perhaps I would know.</p><p id="fe31">But does it really matter What I think; my dogma? Indifference takes no sides Favors no one.</p><p id="4d17">Inconsequential, irrelevant Unconcerned. All manifestations Of the same doubts and insecurities That inflict us; one and all</p><p id="629e">Why should I be special, Noteworthy, praised? What makes me, alone A matter of <b>consequence</b>?</p><p id="772a">I am having trouble tracking who receives which prompts — or perhaps I am indifferent?😝 In any case, I am going to throw back the prompt <b>Consequence</b> to the same crowd. Think of it as a poetry jam circle.</p><p id="d8bd"><a href="undefined">Sylvia Wohlfarth</a>, <a href="undefined">Amy Marley</a>, <a href="undefined">Robin Klammer</a>, <a href="undefined">Sherry McGuinn</a>, <a href="undefined">Marla Bishop</a>, <a href="undefined">Kristi Keller</a>, <a href="undefined">P.G. Barnett</a>, <a href="undefined">Paul Myers MBA</a>, <a href="undefined">Harley King</a>, <a href="undefined">George J. Ziogas</a>, <a href="undefined">Timothy Key</a>, <a href="undefined">Gurpreet Dhariwal</a></p><p id="3809"><b>Definitely tag me in response.</b></p><p id="1b03">Happy day!</p><p id="cc2c"><b>If you like this, you might like some of my other writing:</b></p><div id="0b82" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/get-off-your-butt-and-say-something-nice-9df1ac5b6031"> <div> <div> <h2>Get Off Your Butt and Say Something Nice!</h2> <div><h3>It’s time to create a better spiral</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*ZDxqislVpNLPIafWzuHOTw.jpeg)"></div>

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    </div><p id="cd57"><i>Timothy Key spent over 26 years in the fire service as a firefighter/paramedic and various fire chief management roles. He firmly believes that bad managers destroy more than companies, and good managers create a passion that is contagious. Compassion, grace and gratitude drive the world; or at least they should. Follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/key3writer/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/keytimothy242/">Facebook</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/keytimothy242">Twitter</a>, and join the <a href="https://mailchi.mp/a35d63b4962a/timothykey">mail list</a>.</i></p></article></body>

Poetry

Indifference

Why does it matter?

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A response to a prompt from Joe Luca

Coming without being summoned As I go about daily tasks; preoccupied What do I care about today? Seemingly so little.

Oh, indifference, why do you inflict me So often, jumping up as the First, and sometimes only response To an average day in the life.

Indifferent to want Indifferent to need Is it because I simply cannot decide? Or, a defense against too many unacceptable choices.

Time is marked with peaks, Valleys interspersed between Is there meaning to be found? Or mere irrelevance.

Fraught with trivialities Life goes on each day Waiting for the next peak What does it matter what is done in the valley?

Are we gathering momentum, Or merely passing time? Oh, if not for you, indifference Perhaps I would know.

But does it really matter What I think; my dogma? Indifference takes no sides Favors no one.

Inconsequential, irrelevant Unconcerned. All manifestations Of the same doubts and insecurities That inflict us; one and all

Why should I be special, Noteworthy, praised? What makes me, alone A matter of consequence?

I am having trouble tracking who receives which prompts — or perhaps I am indifferent?😝 In any case, I am going to throw back the prompt Consequence to the same crowd. Think of it as a poetry jam circle.

Sylvia Wohlfarth, Amy Marley, Robin Klammer, Sherry McGuinn, Marla Bishop, Kristi Keller, P.G. Barnett, Paul Myers MBA, Harley King, George J. Ziogas, Timothy Key, Gurpreet Dhariwal

Definitely tag me in response.

Happy day!

If you like this, you might like some of my other writing:

Timothy Key spent over 26 years in the fire service as a firefighter/paramedic and various fire chief management roles. He firmly believes that bad managers destroy more than companies, and good managers create a passion that is contagious. Compassion, grace and gratitude drive the world; or at least they should. Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and join the mail list.

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