Everyone is entitled to MY opinion

Let me think about giving up an opinion.

It could be any opinion. 

About weather or hem-length or toilet training. 

Here is my opinion.  See it?  I’ve polished it,

Put a little hole in the top, right here, and

hung it on a chain around my heart.  Nice, eh?

I see that you have an opinion too.  Nice chain,

by the way.  Yours is a funky color.

I think it has a bad smell and it clashes with your eyes.

You should wear one like mine, don’t you think?

I know where you can get one, and it’ll look

nicer than that old thing.

Yah, my opinion can save lives. 

Your opinion will make us all into slaves, or worse.

You’d better give yours up.  Just pitch it into the garbage.

Smart people wear opinions like mine.  Stupid people

have opinions just like yours.  People who care

wear these.  Heartless people wear those.

Sometimes I want to take the chains off my heart

and say to you, “Hey, nice heart.  Look!  I’ve got

one too!  Wow.  Sweet.”  But then I remember.

My opinion is always best…

 -----------------------------------(rhonda)