The Costumer's Manifesto is written by Tara Maginnis, and proudly hosted by William Baker.

THE MANIFESTO IS MUTATING!  IT IS TURNING INTO A WIKI THAT CAN BECOME THE HIVE MIND OF ALL COSTUMERS, FINALLY LIVING UP TO IT'S SLOGAN: "COSTUMERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!" YOU CAN HELP IN THIS PROCESS BY MOVING PAGES TO THE NEW SITE AT THECOSTUMERSMANIFESTO.COM, HELPING TO EDIT THE PAGES THAT ARE THERE ALREADY, AND ADDING YOUR OWN ORIGINAL INPUT.

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Unite!
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Baggage

To travel

Hopefully

is better

than to

arrive

it's said

and I

poor gypsy

keep moving

to keep

my hope

from running

away

coming

and going

seeking

and escaping

chasing my shadow

to make sure

I do not miss

my fabled ship

when it comes in

hoping

against hope

that opportunity

is somewhere

around the next

cliched corner

trying to find

a ticket

to the world

of human

feeling

from which I am

excluded

looking frantically

for the key

to the door

of life

that is hidden

in my own

baggage

somewhere