The Meat Of It

Caleb Garling
Shorter Letter

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Smile!

Don’t tell me

to smile

Come on

You don’t own me

I don’t think

I own you

You do

I was just saying

to smile

If you don’t think

you own me

why are you telling me

what to do

What’s wrong with more smiles

in this world

Don’t you mean

what’s wrong with more women

smiling at me

in this world

You don’t have to smile at me

just smile

I don’t feel

like smiling

I’m just being nice

I’m just walking

down the street.

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