Don’t tell me who my friends can be.
\nDon’t stress at what I find funny.<\/p>\n
Don’t tell me when to laugh or cry
\nDon’t tell me how you know that I
\nthink this or that, or should do a thing,
\nlive in a place, or align my life as you approve.<\/p>\n
My choices are for me! Not you!<\/p>\n
Don’t dictate how to cut my hair
\nor accuse me of causing your despair
\nby malicious intent.<\/p>\n
Don’t demand I hate the man you chose
\nto cause the pain you feign.<\/p>\n
I see right through you, lazy, drunk, drug addict!
\nI see how you manipulate and cry on cue
\nwhen an audience is near.<\/p>\n
I see the clever way you shift the blame.
\nIt’s never your fault, is it… the choice you make
\nto be the victim of those you hate,<\/p>\n
roping in unfortunate souls close enough
\nto disagree… anyone who can see the truth
\nbehind your fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n
Of course!<\/p>\n
Weep whispered tears, inebriated lush!
\nTell them all of my brutality for laughing at the joke
\nyou chose to be about you, when it wasn’t…
\nas if you didn’t know.<\/p>\n
As if it wasn’t obvious!<\/p>\n
Carpe diem! And if it doesn’t go as planned, just cry…
\ncry like a baby until you get your way,<\/p>\n
you poor thing… poor fragile little sociopath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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