shh I'm busy wishing for a switch
an off-switch, specifically, and I'd flick it
and be over it
and calm and courteous like I'm always intending
and, yes, you could step back back up hold out
let me digest and don't
be polite
instead of honest
that doesn't work
I'll misinterpret it for something stronger longer
harder to walk away from
niceties are not kindness please thank-you
sometimes niceties are the meanest - seeming
to offer what you never could
don't spare my feelings don't offer me
what little you have left lying around
because really
you know it's balls out. cocks on the table.
or at least a quick game of truth-or-dare
(double-dog-dare, promise-to-repeat)
yeah just
let me get my hopes down around here
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