Staples at 9:36am
The markers are more expensive than I recall
I finally got what I needed
I’d been meaning to get it for weeks

Got what I needed I’d
Been waiting for a month
Exhaling

The absurdity is what struck me
Then the florescent hum
Shown off like a set of gel pens in 3rd grade
Passed around for the day
Novelty wore off by recess

Not to mistake obliviousness for malice
But what the hell was that
Unholy matrimony
Something closer to purgatory

I’m not a mind reader
Dial tone, busy signal
You have a phonebook
So tell me

Bewitched by mind and body
But the soul part was forgotten
Along the way

White lie
People pleasing tendencies
I won’t apologize for this
It’s not my mess to fix