Me myself I
I wear my hair
Like it’s some kind of hat
And my skin like a set of old comfy pajamas
I stare too deeply
Notice too much
Should really learn
To mind my own business
Haven’t got a skincare routine
Because I frankly find it hard to really care that much
About skin
I’ve got too many answers and
Too few questions
Which doesn’t seem like the path to wisdom
Insist on running when going up stairs
And refuse to just stand on escalators
Like a lump… with too much time on its hands
Really hate crowds but, perversely, love
Cities
I wage total love
And don’t know the rules of engagement –
Or capitulation
So I never make it out alive
I don’t like sentences that start with I
I don’t like people who say there’s no ‘i’ in team
I don’t believe in an eye for an eye
But I’ll thump you in the eye
If you push me too far
Or disrespect my girl
I think beer is more cultured than wine
And can’t work out if that makes me pretentious
Sometimes it’s hard to reconcile my low self-esteem
With my inflated ego
A situation that can lead to me writing a poem
Entirely about myself
That nevertheless manages
To make me look like an asshole.
©2016
Oh my, I do not think your I-sight is myopic at all.
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I see what you did there.
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Funny. A man of many internal contradictions. 😀
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Seems to be how it goes.
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Really like: “I wage total love… And don’t know the rules of engagement…”
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Thanks, I was quietly pleased with that one myself.
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