Analysis of The Lie we tell ourselves

Larry Lowry 1959 (Pryor)



What we tell ourselves . We tell ourselves we are good then curse the police for doing ajob we would not do.we get angry when petty things anger us instead of leting it be not a problem. We have tantrums when things dont go our way. Its easy to say it wasnt our fault but  no one else was doing what we do. We lie and give excuses for bad behavior. We lie to ourselves so we can get through a day we caused no one else. So who will.start saying i will take resposabilty .


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Characters 471
Words 96
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 1
Lines Amount 1
Letters per line (avg) 366
Words per line (avg) 97
Letters per stanza (avg) 366
Words per stanza (avg) 97

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We lie to ourselves

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Submitted by Lowlarr on June 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Larry Lowry

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