"Don't Should All Over Yourself," My Therapist Says
a poem
Every day, especially the first day
of a new year, swarms of Shoulds
ambush the all of me,
body, mind, memory, soul,
much like the cinematic
Killer Bees from the 1974
made-for-TV movie starring
Gloria Swanson.
I am not ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille.
Why do they have to fly in my
face, these bees of Should?
A hive of Should…
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