What The Hell Does Applause Mean?

J Isom
2 min readMay 23, 2021

Existenstial Freewrite poem by J Isom

How many claps do I need to feel worthy?

Will one clap do it? Ok, how about two? Ten?

Approximately thirty-three and a half claps? What the hell am I saying? I don’t know if there is a way to measure.

I mean sure you see plenty of people get rounds of applause and standing ovations.

But if there was no one around to clap, what way would I have to know whether or not I’m good?

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J Isom

I've been writing since childhood all the way through adulthood. Just never had the confidence & drive to pursue it as a career until now. https://j-isom.medium