everything is a choice by Valerie Parente
I think it’s strange
that you say you’re against choice
but you made a choice
by not making a choice
and it’s quite an anomaly
how you do want autonomy
just in a way
that denies others the same.
– Valerie Parente (6-17-2022)
Painstaking Accountability
by Valerie Parente
The thing about making a decision
that you really don’t want to make
is that when you hurt your own feelings
you have no one else to blame.
It’s a hell of a lot harder
and takes a hell of a lot longer
to accept your own message
when you know you were never helpless.
– Valerie Parente (8-29-2020)
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