While authenticity is seemingly a topic hot
True authenticity is increasingly hard to spot
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While hashtags scream “be yourself” everywhere
All the content that with the world people share
Is carefully constructed to display positivity
Airbrushed and filtered, arranged skillfully
To give everything a hopeful twist
A complex narrative narrowed down to a gist
That is overly simplistic, promising the one hack
That can make up for everything you lack
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No matter how authentic you want to be
You still want that the world should see
The most palatable aspects of you
Real life is always messy, it’s true
To be truly authentic you would need to reveal
How in your worst moments you feel
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As I write these lines, I have this thought
Perhaps authenticity is hard because we’re not
Meant to share everything with the world as we do
Our true selves are meant to be revealed to people few…
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On an authenticity scale of one to ten
I rate myself quite highly but then
The worst of me under wraps I still
keep
My true authenticity is still buried deep
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In parting, when ChatGPT tries to replace what I do
I shall need my authenticity to carry me through
(This artwork is authentic- the proportions are all off!)
Passion...unbridled 
ChatGPT was the first thing I thought of as I read this. I don’t know if things are getting weirder or scarier.
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It’s scary… we will need to redefine learning in schools and colleges, workplace responsibilities and eventually what it means to be human.. I feel like we need to focus on creativity more than ever!
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