"Mary and Max" 2010

Her mother had told her
she was "an accident".

  
How could someone be an accident?


She told Mary she put things
up her dress to save on plastic bags.

  
Vera was indeed a complicated soul.



When I was young, I invented
an invisible friend called Mr Ravioli.
My psychiatrist says
I don't need him anymore
so he just sits in the corner and reads.



One time the police took me in
for questioning
but let me go when they decided
I wasn't a threat to anybody
except myself.



Can you explain love
and how I can be "lover'd"?

Once again, Mary's letter
had triggered an anxiety attack.


  
The reason I forgive you
is because you are not perfect.
You are imperfect, and so am l.
All humans are imperfect,



When I was young,
I wanted to be anybody but myself.
Dr Bernard Hazelhof said
if I was on a desert island
then I would have to get used
to my own company
just me and the coconuts.
He said I would have to accept myself,
my warts and all,
and that we don't get to choose
our warts.
They are a part of us
and we have to live with them.

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