contempt went for a walk one day
and never came back
the best thing was
nobody cared

joy barely even noticed at first
but of course…

anger and disgust were actually relived since that huge contemptuous cloud of smug just cleared right out and allowed for some really healthy clarity and focus

schadenfreude was a bit miffed
but… well… that’s much more complicated isn’t it

after a while everyone got used to contempt being gone and it was kinda nice

distain had to find more creative ways to have fun and that turned out to be a real boon for the others since it allowed space for sensibilities more on the shy side

like regret
and kindness

but the best thing about the continued absence of contempt was that pride finally felt a bit more comfortable again and actually came out in support of fear and sadness at those times when otherwise, with contempt still around it would have been too easy to turn on everyone and make things much worse

as is too often the case

this made everyone very happy

Peace/Love

m(-_-)m

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