Refusal

Sour grape vapor permeates Whitehouse halls

As the master balks and stalls

While doughty Biden officials have waited

And Thanksgiving gobble is abated

The motif is hardly new

A temper tantrum will ensue.

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The Battle Against Bitterness

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It’s hard not to be bitter.

In the macro sense, it’s hard for me because, well, my life hasn’t turned out the way I imagined it would. I’m 32 and haven’t walked in more than five years, I’ve been through intense physical and emotional trauma, and because of my illness, I haven’t been able to get married or have kids.

In the micro sense, I find it hard to not be bitter mostly because some people suck, especially online. Whether it’s someone saying something mean about me, or an editor rejecting an essay that I pitched, or just an innocuous comment that I take the wrong way. It’s all there, and it all sucks.

So how do I deal with it? Usually I sulk for a few days and eat several large bags of tortilla chips until the part of my brain that says none of it really matters prevails…

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