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7d
I don't know what makes a person good or bad.
are people both good AND bad?
Like my mother...
on the outside, she's one of the kindest people you'll meet.
She's friendly
She'll give you compliments, money, a place to sleep, the shirt off her back
She gives bananas to homeless people on the side of the road
for crying out loud
she adopted a houseful of children no one wanted
but on the inside, in the safety of her home
she treats them badly
and she's not the type of person to shy away from violence
if she's mad
she'll say mean things about people behind their backs
about our older siblings, right in front of us
and about our friends
she manipulates and berates us
but she's kind and generous to strangers
is it just us that makes her bad?
is she good?
or bad?
what MAKES a person bad?
Or good??
good or bad?
opinions please
Lyle
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Lyle  16/F/USA
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