Ladies: Sound familiar?

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Recorded Reading (1:04): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tqmp0y3ihig4ojq538vl1/Underwhelming-Evaluation.mp3?rlkey=paft7b8d9mg88bfng2ljl43pp&dl=0

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Underwhelming Evaluation

She was’t honest ’bout the ways
Your actions life impacted
How following their manifest
Her reality reacted
Primarily blunt trauma, then
Secondarily refracted

No courage she displayed
When she no truth redacted
No authenticity betrayed
When no lie she enacted
Nor by aught extra accusations
From you penance grim exacted

Offered loving truthful words
Patiently protracted
Leaving deeds of mean revenge
Patently unacted
Nor among existing friends
Credibility subtracted

Wasn’t clear, wasn’t calm
No caring love there was compacted
Into hope that from her words
Your happiness might be extracted

No, she did not a one of those:
She overreacted

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