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Recorded Reading (0:34):

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9kr0kqq3d84v0rzn5jziy/Here-s-the-Thing.mp3?rlkey=myopmbffpu4dt2ssx2wrr53w5&st=r9z8uipp&dl=0

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Here’s the Thing

The thing about returning
To a place you’ve not been treated right
Where your discomfort’s been the source
Of somebody’s delight

Where you’ve been disrespected
No talk did satisfaction bring —
About returning to that place,
Sister, here’s the thing:

We may not seek for any measure
Of aught just redress
From a situation to which
By our presence we’ve said “yes”

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