The baby wanted to crawl out of the room.

mum said “yes, you can!”

I crawled free.

 

The young girl wanted to wear the short bermuda

that Annie wore when she was 10.

Dad said “girl, you are free”

 

Tandoori chicken at kim’s kitchen,

and I wondered what would some meat be like.

A voice said “Woman, it’s yummy. choose food, choose free will, have a bite”

 

I gave up prejudice.

I gave up dogma.

I gave up rotten beliefs. A lot of them, real freedom, I thought.

 

I was free! I was me, I thought.

 

I was dead.

 

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