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That is how my life is going forward—some insult in my face, some sweet in my mouth.
Even the meaning of “prison” is different for rich people. Can you blame me for wanting, so much, to be—not even rich, just middle class?
In this life, everybody is knowing how to give me shame. So I am learning how to reflect shame back on them also.
“The system doesn’t always work for us. But you see that, now and then, you can make good things happen for yourself.” And I thought, only now and then? I thought I would have a better life than that.
