u/Flaming-Molly-Tov

▲ 6 r/justpoetry+1 crossposts

On the price of eggs and being misunderstood

Sometimes I think about sleeping until a bag of groceries doesn't feel like a heist and everyone has finally forgotten that I’m basically ground zero dressed in a skin suit.

I’ll wake up in a few years to discover that my absence made everyone a little sentimental, and most importantly (and selfishly) a little guilty, in a timeline where I can provide fresh produce to my family without taking out a payday loan.

I want to be gone long enough that my absence turns me lovable, maybe even forgivable again.

So that everyone decides nothing was really very funny without me around anyway.

I think I just want to disappear for whatever amount of time it takes people to realize I was trying really hard the entire time.

Even when it looked like I was doing absolutely nothing.

But I know how it really goes.

No one and nothing changes.

They just get better at talking about you like you were already gone.

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u/Flaming-Molly-Tov — 1 day ago
▲ 5 r/OCPoetryFree+2 crossposts

On the price of eggs and being misunderstood

Sometimes I think about sleeping until a bag of groceries doesn't feel like a heist and everyone has finally forgotten that I’m basically ground zero dressed in a skin suit.

I’ll wake up in a few years to discover that my absence made everyone a little sentimental, and most importantly (and selfishly) a little guilty, in a timeline where I can provide fresh produce to my family without taking out a payday loan.

I want to be gone long enough that my absence turns me lovable, maybe even forgivable again.

So that everyone decides nothing was really very funny without me around anyway.

I think I just want to disappear for whatever amount of time it takes people to realize I was trying really hard the entire time.

Even when it looked like I was doing absolutely nothing.

But I know how it really goes.

No one and nothing changes.

They just get better at talking about you like you were already gone.

reddit.com
u/Flaming-Molly-Tov — 16 hours ago