I can take them, in small doses, like pills
a little poison, to strengthen my soul
but dealing with their bottled-up egos
their swallowed-up misery
is a suicide
waiting to happen.
There are some people,
I need to get away from
it’s not so bad, if you meet with them
for 30 minutes
because you feel
so good,
when they walk away—
like having diarrhea, or pulling out a splinter.
There is no amount of money
you can give me
to work with these people.
My supervisor was so unpleasant
that I ate my lunch in my car
rather than a paid-for air-conditioned meal
while listening to her talk.
It’s an offense
to these people, that I don’t want to hang around them
like artwork
watching them
while they show off.
These people have spiritual problems
not that I can diagnose,
but whenever I feel like saying
“Go to the devil!”
they’re already there.
Bad Art
Admires Itself.
Intellectual Shaman 
Last few lines really hot the point. Good work
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“Bad art admires itself” … Wow, perfect!
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Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting, jcarringtonuk! Yes, it’s akin to laughing at your own jokes. I do it! I guess I don’t care. Any chance I have to laugh, I take.
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Thanks universe unlocks!!! 🙂
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This is so true, it’s painful…
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The truth hurts, Books and Bonsai! 🙂 Here is one of my most favorite quotes: “Poetry tells the truth, and most people hate poetry.” Thanks for reading and commenting! 🙂
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You’re very welcome! 🙏🏻💕
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Very enjoyable and relatable to many people I think. I like to think of it that I enjoy the person, and detest people. Take that with a grain of salt!
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Yes, a person one-to-one is okay, but get a group of people together, and they are insane. I have a book I like to read called, The Madness of Crowds. Thanks for your thoughts, Tyler Goodwin!
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echoes of Chandler. Surrealist prose….
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I need you to review my book one day, The Baron! You are too kind! 🙂
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