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Recorded Reading (0:34): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/fqqzdxwxg5bee2o9l93jp/i-don-t-care-what-you-do.mp3?rlkey=ofxjxyf1jcwilrgmyp65ymkuf&dl=0

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i don’t care what you do

i don’t care what you do
i don’t care what you do
it might not be the thing for me
but there’s no reason i can see
that i should try to keep back it from you

i don’t care what you do
knock yourself out, boo
i know that you would prefer
that i do it too
but i am not an officer ~
i mean no harm to you

i don’t care what you do
i don’t care what you do
because i’m neither bitch nor shrew
— but there doesn’t seem to be
any room for peaceful me
to be in peace with you

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