He couldn’t
Get her
To listen.
So he called
Her Mother.
•
Apparently,
When one person
Won’t answer
His demands,
He recruits
Another.
•
And somewhere
Between
The accusations,
The threats,
And the family
Commentary,
Another woman
Was expected
To explain
Herself.
Again.
•
Her Mother
Had opinions.
About discipline.
About childhood.
About what
Might have happened
If someone
Had beaten her
A little more.
•
Interesting.
The man
Wanted silence.
The Mother
Wanted discipline.
And the daughter
Was somewhere
In the middle
Wondering
When everyone
Had become
So invested
In demanding
Her life decisions.
•
But here’s
The thing:
A telephone
Can carry
A message.
It cannot
Make it true.
And recruiting
An audience
Doesn’t make
A demand
A reasonable request.
•
She wasn’t
A child
Waiting
For permission.
She wasn’t
A defendant
In a
Courtroom.
And she certainly
Wasn’t
A community
Project.
•
She had
A blog.
A pen.
A sense
Of humor.
And
An entire
Universe
Of things
More interesting
Than the opinions
Of demanding people
Who wouldn’t
Leave her alone.
•
Sasquatch.
Aliens.
Epic farts.
Laughter.
Laughter@him.com
•
Perhaps
That’s what
Self-discipline
Looks like.
Knowing
When to speak.
Knowing
When to walk away.
And knowing
That just because
Someone
Messages
Her phone,
She doesn’t
Have to
Answer.
•
#FART
•
Amen.
•
#Flush
•
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Birdanity, chapter 8, verse 6
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