'love' 'narcissist
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Mother
I hated to watch you while you stood
Back then, age 9, I knew what was going on.
Always falling for the man of sophistication and
Walking on eggshells in order to please you,
you said that if I didn't listen you would sabotage me.
Send my pictures to college admissions,
tell my parents that I had begun drinking again.
You claimed it was