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ractice what you preach,
O psychobabble king.
It is all right to feel,
any feeling is valid,
you tell me so.

Did you forget to add the caveat
"except Michael's?"
Are you not allowed
terror,
regret,
clawing at the walls of fate
that now confine you
to a painful, fearful future?

Are you not allowed to be held
and sob
in anger
and in fear?

I think you are.
I have a shoulder
waiting.