He was nothing like you, but I was lonely I was nothing like the me I used to be… Unable to be alone for one more night His hands, so un-calloused, unlike yours My clothes, new, shiny… Too different I left them behind, like you left me Piled like a glittering puddle on his bedroomContinue reading “Nothing Like You”
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Complicated
You asked me to go And I did Not because I wanted To meet your stupid friends And not because I need To make friends of my own You asked me to go And I wanted… What did I want? To please you? To shut you up? To show I cared? If I figure itContinue reading “Complicated”
Meet Cute
Is it cliche if our eyes met Across a crowded room The music stopped And the only sound Was my heart beating Wildly in my chest? Is it too familiar If I stood and Dreamily made my way Ever closer and closer Never taking my eyes From his face? Because it’s how it happened HowContinue reading “Meet Cute”
An Open Letter to my Crappy Boss
Source (picture of a stop sign set against a cloudy sky) Dear Barbara,I’m struggling to understandWhat possesses youTo behave so spitefullyIn nearly all of our interactions.Was there something specificI did to upset you?Or are you driven bySome internal greedFor the kind of powerGiven only toMiddle managers?I’m asking becauseI’m losing the abilityTo give a FuckAbout yourContinue reading “An Open Letter to my Crappy Boss”
Ode to my Bullshit Coworker: I Wish He Were Toast
My friend tells me there’s mouse poop in the office toaster It’s the one Bob and I bought together While he still graced us with his daily presence But I hated Bob I hated his presence I hated his ugliness from the inside out And yet I learned to imitate My disgusted disdain Reflecting hisContinue reading “Ode to my Bullshit Coworker: I Wish He Were Toast”
Natolie Webb 