To every man that has ever let me down
And turned my beautiful smile into a frown
To every man that has ever dumped me
And tore my heart apart slowly
To every man that has ever rejected my affection
And told me that I wasn’t the one
To every man that has ever made me cry
To every man that has ever told me a lie
To every man that has ever made me feel like less than a woman
I ask you to listen
Your shallow heart and endless greed
No longer have any effect on me
And thank you
For setting me free to soar
And thank you
For making me realize that I am worth so much more
So I will leave you with your guilt as company
And hopefully one day you’ll think of me
And you’ll wonder what could have been for the rest of your life
While my happiness will shine as a “real man’s” wife
Using Calgary as a backdrop the author satirizes the self-serving nature of the public as it continues to fatten itself, not only physically, but egotistically as well.
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