DO_NOT_REPLY

blinking bulbs shifting floors
traffic hums obscenity
smoke break at the end of the hour,
meeting at the water cooler in five.
apologies for lunch.
and while my skin has never held much comfort,
the bench marked
DESIGNATED SMOKING AREA
gives a sense of place.
outside sprinklers make grass green
inside sprinklers put out fires
something to own
a day logged and filed accordingly
MEMO:
I AM ONLY WILLING TO ADMIT BLAME
IF I CAN BE ABSOLVED OF BLAME
please respond
something to be said
something to be unsaid
difference between them
outside sprinklers work on schedule
inside sprinklers untested
agenda, oct. 19:
DON'TFUCKUPDON'TFUCKUPDON'T...
agenda, oct. 20:
...FUCKUPDON'TFUCKUPDON'TFUCK...
agenda, oct. 21:
...UPDON'TFUCKUPDON'TFUCKUP...
agenda, oct. 22:
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FROM: DO_NOT_REPLY
SUBJECT: DELIVERY FAILED
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: i am sorry i am sorry i am

homeskooled )q.e.d.)

Johnny asked a question
   his momma couldn't answer
  billy popped a pill
he knew he couldn't handle
   then the dog got hit
 runnin' the street
that boy limped home
    and he got him a treat
so i woke up late
    and left my bed unmade
 so I could come home
     and sleep again
some love too much
      others too little
both
    snip
       and
           clip
 what held
        most tender
  cause the lesson
           done took
much more
    than it gave
so see
  i dig me
   some shallow graves