Sociopath Academy
Jul. 22nd, 2016 10:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
flamingswordA vicious sense of fun's all well and good
But when you can't connect what good's it do?
Invulnerable and misunderstood
There's no one here to care about for you.
The first lesson is not empathy, no.
It's how to pay attention when you're bored.
Then fake empathy 'til no longer faux.
You have to see the people you ignored
As they really are, not the way you think.
Next, feel for the real person. Once you see
Feeling's logic, you'll be real. Lest you slink
Back out of this adaptive strategy:
People aren't furniture. No pranks. No lies.
Poverty of compassion is unwise.
But when you can't connect what good's it do?
Invulnerable and misunderstood
There's no one here to care about for you.
The first lesson is not empathy, no.
It's how to pay attention when you're bored.
Then fake empathy 'til no longer faux.
You have to see the people you ignored
As they really are, not the way you think.
Next, feel for the real person. Once you see
Feeling's logic, you'll be real. Lest you slink
Back out of this adaptive strategy:
People aren't furniture. No pranks. No lies.
Poverty of compassion is unwise.