<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420068" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>It Is What It Is</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">“It is what it is”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">-Such a popular phrase! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And folks spread it around</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like Fast Food Mayonnaise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s been used to describe</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Economic foment, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The state of the arts and</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The high cost of rent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A phrase often spoken</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you wish to seem wise-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the loop, in the know, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But it’s all just a guise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s a symptom of sorts</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of our current malaise</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You did not hear it much</div><div style="margin:10px 0">in our halcyon days.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">In that past, half remembered, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">where house prices rose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Where portfolios doubled, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and we all wore new clothes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We were kings of the world</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And we partied till three.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now we live on fixed income</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And we struggle to pee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“It is what it is”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Is no optimist’s line</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It’s a dull sounding phrase</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Half resigned to hard times.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It implies things are bad</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and inclined to get worse.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“It is what it is”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To me it’s a curse.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420068" data-title="It Is What It Is de John F. McCullagh" data-description="“It is what it is” -Such a popular phrase! And folks spread it around Like Fast Food Mayonnaise. It’s been used to describe Economic foment, The state of the arts and The high cost of rent. A phrase often spoken When you wish t..."></div> </div> </div>

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