Option 2
By Liz Kono
no, i wouldn't say she was an intellectual
but she makes soup
and it's pretty damn good
so, i guess you could say she's good at stuff
besides, her eyes light up all the fucking time
and that's just uncommoni mean really, most people are so boring
their eyes are just, dull
and that makes conversation..oh, i dunno
something i'd rather do without i guessyeah, i know i used to get off on it
little miss conversation, that was me
i know retard, didn't you just hear what i said?
i'm agreeing with you, it used to get me off
christ! pay attention
listen to my words, ok?
quit being rudeanyway, what i'm trying to get at is people change, man
as you get old everything is irritating
i don't know why the fuck it happens, but it happens to all of us, i thinkeventually, we'll all be grumpy old men
..who huff and sighjust walking around for no reason
huffing and sighing
and grumpy and oldand men
Liz Kono lives in Temple City, Califas. She is the author of Angie and other pieces in Archive.