Saturday's Storyteller: "I'm not your monkey."
by Belinda Roddie I'm not your monkey. I'm not your puppet. I'm not your toy you can play with. There's no wind-up key on my back, no strings, no fur on my arms and no tail. I am not here to dance, or sing, or chirp like pretty machinery. So you can back off with the controlling nonsense. I saw you with a new girl the other day. My god, do I feel bad for her. I hope she understands how manipulative you are and runs. You text me every day, anyway, begging me to come back and do your bidding. Well, kiss my ass, evil ex-girlfriend; I ain't your Cinderella anymore. I found someone who lets me forge my own path. I've decided to go into blacksmithing. Yes - blacksmithing. Still a thing in the modern era. I'm gonna think of you every time my hammer slams down on the anvil. Clang, clang, motherfucker. That's your sorry excuse for a head. So don't bother asking for the "good ol' days." These aren't rose-tinted goggles - I can see all