An Allegory?

This?
This is not what I ordered.
This thing?
I don’t want it.

I chose something else entirely
when the options were before me.
I selected something
to my liking
that fit my tastes.
I picked something suitable
and this
is
not
it.

I want the choices I made
to be represented
in what I eventually receive.
I want to return this
and get that.
What? That.
That,
the thing I ordered.
The item I actually chose.

I deserve
to have my picks taken seriously.
I deserve to have the life that I want.
I deserve so much more
than this selection
and I do not believe
I have to take it.

I’d like to return this, please,
immediately.

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