I avoid confrontations at any cost because it makes my heart too jumpy. Instead, I just lash out in print. It's not cowardly; it's just a matter of self-preservation.

Taken Aside

After thirty years of service
I was finally "taken aside",
By a fellow RN workmate
I think she's Count Dracula's bride,
Apparently, I'd undermined her authority
By asking her to clarify some issue,
But maybe she's been smokin' some wacky tobacky
Or she's on her monthly tissue.

But, the upshot, the way that I see it
She blew the only chance that she'll get,
From this day forward, I'm telling you
I wouldn't trust her to wipe my sweat.

Fibril_late;
6/08