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Premeditation, By: Rachel Huber

November 6, 2024 by Rachel Huber

Premeditation, By: Rachel Huber

Focus on what you can control says my PT,
Which right now is just the right side of my body.
Unfortunately for humanity it seems you don’t need to have 2 fully functional arms to commit wire fraud or catfish a doctor whose office won’t return your calls.
Petty larceny would be easier but unfortunately I’m now prone to falls.
Arson is almost certainly within my ability,
But it’s hard to limit to just one person.
Although do I even have a target?
It’s more about the fact that if this is all divine retribution for something I’ve done wrong, I really haven’t done that many bad things yet.
So I rack my brain for victimless crimes I can commit.
Which means it’s time to settle on the best way to take out a Confederate monument.
Johnny rebel your days guarding courthouses in the south are coming to a close
This is not the life I would have chose and I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do with the days I have remaining.
But like Victor Frankl said, it’s not we who are permitted to ask of life what is its meaning.
It is we who
must instead answer the questions life asks of us.
And I will answer life with my right fist raised in the air
Until my left one can join it there.

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