Wednesday, March 26, 2025

WHAT'S up with 
THIS GUY?!

I've been thinking about this thing from my past

charlotte met one of my
german class friends
who I was pretty
good friends 
with

I was in the campus bookstore 
with ONE of them
& the OTHER 
BUMPED into US 

the quickly
AGREED

that you couldn't talk to me about
ANYTHING 

OR
I would just tell you
how you were
WRONG 
because I had JUST seen a
DOCUMENTARY 
ABOUT it

it
HURT
ME
&
it didn't make
SENSE

if somebody tells me 
ABOUT 
something 
I f*CKing
ASSUME you have an interest in that thing

SO
MY natural REACTION to THAT
would be to tell you
ABOUT 
the DOCUMENTARY 
I've just SEEN 

SURE 

BUT 
whatever I'm telling you about the documentary 
HOW is that ME telling you 
YOU'RE WRONG 

THEY 
BOTH 
AGREED
I'm some kind of insufferable 
KNOW it ALL 

MAYBE 
they were 
JOKING 

periodically I take it out
& reassess

I dispense TOO 
MUCH information 

NOBODY likes information, maybe

I told donna 
WAY too MUCH 
STUFF 

about coffee, and wine, and the scientific research into nutritional 
health initiatives

she TOOK a FEW
NOTES

& she STARTED 
with making me teach her
HOW to BREW
a french press