Reading about an
experience that I thought
no one else had had.
--- Scout Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> They chatted
> about the good
> TV shows;
> new information
> about half decent
> film directors.
> I smiled often
> and laughed
> at their jokes
> which was only easy
> because I laughed
> when everyone else
> laughed.
>
> No one caught me
> looking for cues-
> I'm grateful.
>
> If they had, they'd ask;
> I would have to explain
> that I never watched
> those television shows.
>
> "What do you do, then?"
> they will ask, because
> if you don't watch TV
> you become interesting.
>
> I always want to say,
> "I write," but then:
> "What do you write about?"
> and I'd have to lie
> or tell them
> I write about
> how much time I am wasting
> by talking to them
> and being at this party
> instead of writing.
>
> These thoughts make my smile
> start to ache, and I excuse myself
> amidst accusations
> of deliberate and dramatic
> exits.
>
> I hurry home very early
> to watch TV
> and fall back
> to sleep.
>
>
>
> --
>
>
> -e.
>
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