Emotional Tools [rev] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

My Duchess sent a voice message, laughing to hide
her embarrassment: she feels scared of people since
they react negatively in her presence; - once before
Alice messed things up by saying her contemptuous
tones of voice and arrogant acting with odd moods

were overt belligerent attitudes telepathically relayed
while also conveyed with facial expressions, but the
Duchess insisted other people were at fault as it was
definitely not her; she believed she talked and acted
with kindness - she meant well - but

how can she learn her attitude's bellicose, hostile
& aggressive like an unrepentant oppressor bent on
showing the world her superiority - which makes it
impossible to value the advice of the inferior Queen
of Hearts or Wonderland-Alice; so Alice just listens

in sympathy, holding her tongue: how to reach the
Duchess' inner child trying to live a grown-up life
with the emotional tools of a five-year-old child…