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You Do You! ©2022 by (((Trevor Patrick)))


-- and she said:
"But, hey, that's fine...
You do you!"

Yeah,
the you do
to do you
is a hoodoo
(and yer in deep doo-doo)
'cuz who do
you actually mean?

-- might as well
be honest for once:
"You do you"
or "You SCREW you"--
yeah,
that's what you're REALLY thinking of
telling me to do me.

Not so much as an ounce
of sincerity to be found:
Even in its mildest
and most harmless larval form,
"you do you"
is merely passive-aggressive//
merely dismissive

But when it develops
its bloodsucking mouthparts,
"you do you"
is a baited rat trap
ready to break the spine
or at the very least
the fingers

of whatever relationship
you might once have had:
Maybe Momma,
Maybe Dad...

Family/Friend/Lover
Acquaintance/Associate/Other
Travellin' from the
Y to the why
to the N
to he end
and the
final flex
to the Ex.

"You do you..."
(with the trailing
silent/ominous:

"...if you're prepared
to reap the consequences//
ready to pay the price,
'cuz I sure as Hell
ain't gonna warn ya twice..."

or:
"You do you"
with an open sneer
or deceptively mild

(with the unspoken/high-handed
"...I got no more respect for you
'cuz you're acting like a child.'

"Be reasonable. Do it MY way!"
(lest any cooperation I previously offered
suddenly dry up and blow away)

"You do you"
('cuz I think yer full of shit)
"You do you"
('cuz yer havin' a little snit)
"You do you"
(I want nothin' but the best for you!
I mean it with all my sarcastic love)
"You do you"
(yeah, ya really done f**ked up).

And now that it's time
to reach that bottom line:
Yeah,
"You do you"
is almost never
sincere or true;
yet, I do I
is almost never a lie.