poem Quitting is Always an Option, a poem about a company that sells t-shirts that say “tap out”, which means admitting defeat in wrestling and quitting, By Chicago Poet and performance artist Janet Kuypers

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Quitting
is Always
an Option
Janet Kuypers
9/6/12
someone explain to me
why a t-shirt company
prints the phrase “TAP OUT”
everywhere, and people
want to buy it.
I’m sorry, but “tap out”
is what losers do
in a wrestling match
when they can’t take
the pain anymore
and they want to quit.
They tap out.
So why do people
want to purchase
and wear a t-shirt
that advertises
that they want to quit?

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