in the court room as the judge reads my life sentence. the crime? ROM piracy. the audience hushes as i patiently wait for the opportunity to provide the judge with a response, a mere vignette of the tortorous visions of all that had led me to this abysmal state of torment. "Do you accept any and all consequences of the charges against you?" the judge asks. A fool that she was, for I had finally come up with a rebuttal to everything she had read aloud to the jury. Suddenly, I stand up. The judge awaits for words to escape my lips and provide a final closure to the otherwise bored courtroom. I open my mouth and speak.

"Your honor. I'm just a girl 🌸"