I Suck
Pair this one with Respect by the great and sadly late Aretha Franklin and remember that you tell people how they should treat you
“What do you think?” She asks. “Is it good enough? It’s not good enough, is it? I don’t think it’s good enough. Let me have it back. I’ll do it over. I’ll try again. Just don’t expect too much because that might not be good enough, either. I suck at this. But you already knew that, didn’t you? I knew that. I tell myself every day. ‘You suck at this!’ is what I say to myself. You suck. You suck You suck. I suck. I’ll just sit down in the corner over here and never speak again. Sorry!”
Regitze Ladekarl has re-emerged as a raconteur after a long, successful career elsewhere. She crafts universal tales from everyday lives with an honest, sharp and witty pen. Besides working on a forthcoming novel, she flexes her voice with personal essays, flash fiction, and method writing here on Medium.
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