Dear Allison , 

Won’t you 
Hold on to your virtues 
But not get caught up in your head 

Did you know that it’s okay 
For people to like different things 
What will it matter when you’re dead 
That you like what you do 

When people ask “who’s got the best taste” 
You say you 
It’s time to put that to rest 
Don’t forget the subjectivity of best 

You can have a friend 
Who likes watching Friends 
Without thinking they’re a bad person 

I know that you’re leery 
Of people who watch Big Bang Theory 
Cause you think there’s no show worse than that 

But you can’t change what people like 
If your mom likes Glee 
Don’t put up a fight 

You can be opinionated 
Without making your friends feel 
So alienated 
Just stop telling them that they’re wrong 
For listening to their favorite song 

If they don’t know what In [bad word] is 
Or prefer the three stooges 
To Chico Harpo and Groucho Marx 

If they don’t like Django Reinhardt 
Or Demetri Martin’s pie charts 

Try and spare them your 
Snide remarks 

You can like the girls 
Who don’t like Dunham’s Girls 
Without calling them all morons 

Some friends don’t like RPGS 
Or the get the reference “covered in bees” 
Some people will never ever ever 
See Red Dawn 

But you can’t change what people like 
If your mom likes Two and a Half Men 
Try and be polite 

You can be opinionated 
Without making your friend feel 
So alienated 
Just stop telling that they’re wrong 
For still listening to that god awful song 

Your friends shouldn’t be berated for calling the Beatles overrated 
No matter how much you disagree 

But if you put on Seinfeld 
And they don’t laugh 
Say something hurtful 
And never take it back. 

Sincerely, 
Me