After the Sad Mad Event

I woke up feeling better today, 
in a post-trauma kind of way.  

This prompts me to give priority to gathering notes 
with supporting documents
from my previous 
nonviolently communicating
life.

And, of course, 
to baking for our first community social in two days.  

I don't think my Attorney needs any further evidence 
for a late-October hearing.  
I suspect that when the Bully 
reads our Attorney's Corporate letter, 
my need for a hearing 
will quickly dissipate.  

For some reason, 
this Snarky When Experiencing High Social Anxiety 
needs to read
ruminate
RabbitHole cold
hard Patriarchal-Capitalist
retributive justice lessons 
speaking CORPORATE ATTORNEY language. 

It would, of course, be much less expensive and traumatic 
to restore compassionate communication

Endorsing normal
civil-adult humility 
of being quick to say, 
as our mother's taught us, 
so they wouldn't be raising no bratty kids, 
"I'm sorry" 
and, say right out loud
and proud, to others, 
"I forgive your temporary insanity" 
And, inside, 
"Thereby also forgiving my own past excursions into temporary insanity" 
on a bad 
RightWing offensive
Bullying 
LeftBrain humiliating day.

All of which seems to suggest,
as the brownies cool,
that ecocidal ideation,
rather than inspired by warm
boundlessly inclusive
free forgiveness
cooperative win/win 
sacred EarthTribal 
Yin-tegral compassion,

Teaches win/lose
patriarchal-capitalist
cold
hard
and expensive CORPORATE ATTORNEY-speak 
and bill by the hour
expensive eco-political lessons
of RightWing bipolar madness
rather than dipolar co-arising
Left/Right resilient gladness.

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