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Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul Book - Real-Life Stories by Real Teens

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Dear Mother

Rebecca W., W. Hollywood, CA

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By Rachael ., , MN

all the doctors i’ve met
and all the pills that i’ve bought
could never add up to the issues you've got.
at the second i’m happy
you make me think that i’m sick,
but i’m not a little girl anymore,
i know it’s a trick.
i’ve got three words for you: Munchhausen by Proxy
it’s not my illness, it’s yours.
So do I have diabetes?
am i really asthmatic?
is it me that is sick?
or is it you who’s pathetic?
now i know why Medicaid wouldn’t pay
for all my prescriptions,
but a few hundred dollars
paid for your addictions.
obsessed with my pain,
you laughed as i squirmed.
now i’ve stopped suffering
’cause now i have learned





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