There's two halves of me at war. The right half of me wants to be idle, and let everyone do what they choose to do, and not get in their way. When I sit down to do work at my computer, it's my right hand that reaches for the mouse and automatically goes to some of the web-sites I have bookmarked. The right half of me thinks that everything will work itself out in the end, and if they don't.....
The left half of me is the unchartered territory of my psyche. It's the half that is rarely seen, or used. It's the half of me that wants to explore, discover, and be discovered. It's the half of me that not only wants to let people do what they want, but at the same time do what's right for me and let them all sort out their problems without dragging me into it. It's not that I hate Them, just one of Them in particular. I don't suppose I'll write about who it is or why, because it's just not nice if I do. A semi-public forum is not the place to talk about such things.

I suppose I should feel bad that I hate this person, immediate remorse and guilt is probably what most people would feel. Some probably couldn't even conceive of the idea of hating that type of person, I know, I'm friends with them. I'm not them however. I can't be someone I'm not, just so people can feel better about themselves. It doesn't work that way, it never will.

After one whole quart of brandy
Like a daisy I awake
With no Bromo Seltzer handy,
I don't even shake.

Men are not a new sensation;
I've done pretty well, I think.
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink.

I'm wild again
Beguilded again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.

Couldn't sleep
And wouldn't sleep
Until I could sleep where I shouldn't sleep
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.

Lost my heart but what of it?
My mistake I agree.
He can't laugh, but I love it,
Although the laugh's on me.

A pill he is
But still he is
All mine and I'll keep him until he is
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered

Like me.

Seen a lot
I mean I lot
But now I'm like sweet seventeen a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.

I'll sing to him
Each spring to him
And worship the trousers that cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.

When he talks he is seeking
Words to get off his chest.
Horizontally speaking
He's at his very best.

Vexed again
Perplexed again
Thank God I can't be oversexed again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I.

Wise at last
My eyes at last
Are cutting you down to your size at last
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered no more.

Burned a lot
But learned a lot
And now you are broke, though you earned a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered no more.

Couldn't eat
Was dyspeptic
Life was so hard to bear;
Now my heart's antiseptic
Since you moved out of there.

Romance-Finis
Your chance-finis
Those ants that invaded my pants-finis
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered no more.
Ella Fitzgerald, Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered.

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