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I wrote a thesis on the disappointment that comes from the misplaced hope that people will change for the better I have conquered the fact that standing up for myself or others always gets me punched back down I’m an Absolute Pro at failure My confidence is excellent at being swiftly annihilated I am the Boss of no one, and nothing What I say goes except for in reality I win again and again at the

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being-humbled game Everyone listens to me when I am the only one in the room I could care less about people’s feelings and doing the right thing but then I wouldn’t be meThis poem, a snapshot of the side of myself I wrestle with daily, is part of my response to #POMPrompt#16 ; this is the second of three poems I have on that prompt. 3 at 43, singing the song of another year of me. . . . .</article></body>

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Shadow self portrait, 35mm film, at Big Bend National Park (photo by author)

I am the Queen of being wrong The Princess of loss An Expert at shelving my dreams I wrote a thesis on the disappointment that comes from the misplaced hope that people will change for the better I have conquered the fact that standing up for myself or others always gets me punched back down I’m an Absolute Pro at failure My confidence is excellent at being swiftly annihilated I am the Boss of no one, and nothing What I say goes except for in reality I win again and again at the being-humbled game Everyone listens to me when I am the only one in the room I could care less about people’s feelings and doing the right thing but then I wouldn’t be me

This poem, a snapshot of the side of myself I wrestle with daily, is part of my response to #POMPrompt#16 ; this is the second of three poems I have on that prompt. 3 at 43, singing the song of another year of me. . . . .

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