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You Told Me

January 26, 2021
By gconnor PLATINUM, Laplace, Louisiana
gconnor PLATINUM, Laplace, Louisiana
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Favorite Quote:
"Work until you no longer have to introduce yourself."


you always told me

well behaved women seldom make history

if you really believed that

you'd let me misbehave

but no

you say

don't talk to boys / sit up straight / play nice / take my advice

I want to

Climb trees / wear paint-splattered jeans / get a tattoo / have pockets

Let me be me

You want straight hair and a white picket fence but

I want the world to be better for my kids

You want perfection

I don’t need a lecture

It’s not idealism

Leave behind all the -isms


The author's comments:

written when i got fed up with all of the lecturing women get in our society; enjoy :)


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