SMILE

Look, it's been a while

and, I understand,

you might need time

to get your bearings

get it together

get going...

but, really,

don't you think that twelve hours

is enough?

You have suffered terribly,

sure,

and you have a right to misery

but that right

may soon become wrong.

It's time to get up off the mat.

It's time to recognize what you've got.

It's time to stop whining, dammit

and smile.

Smile.

SMILE, goddamnit

before I pop you a new one.

There... better?