the owner of the fashionable shop
told me that wearing one necklace
was unmodern, one must layer them
and that to layer a necklace
there needed to be not two of them
but three

i listened, nodded my head
and left the shop 
all the more determined
not to do this thing
because layering just two of them 
is enough to keep untangled
isn’t it, let alone three!

so if there is something someone
is telling you is the only right 
and respectable way, that you
must follow their opinion based
advice to be adequate

stop to consider the source
and what they may gain or not
by your acquiescence

they may be honestly trying to help
(but this doesn’t automatically 
make them correct)

or they may simply be trying 
to sell you another necklace



heather pound 2025

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