! ! ITS REAL FACE! By Ross E F Lombardi . Dissent is often pictured as a raised fist of defiance. But that is not its real face. . Dissent is often heard as a passionate rebel yell at midnight But that is not its real voice. Not its real whimper in the dark. . Hand washing my duvet cover in a washing up bowl, in my rented flats - shower. ! This is what being a total, loser, a total failure, as an over 50-year-old looks like! . Consider my life a warning to others! . If you don't want to end up an undatable mess like me. If you want to avoid my sad sack fate!? Then you must - . CONFORM! . CONSUME! . OBEY! ! Chase that dollar! Or slowly go down the drain, Like the filthy scummy laundry water, that I am, - slowly going down this shower drain of life. . THIS is what Dissent looks like! . THIS is its Real cost! . .