if i were you

if i were you, i told her,

i'd do this

and this,

and that and finally

do that.

but i'm not you, she said.

and don't tell me

what to do with

my life.

who are you to tell me

what to do.

just suggestions, i told

her,

ducking the shoe as it

flew towards

my head.

but in the end she did

exactly

what i suggested.

all of the this

and all of the that.