Waffles and guns

“He says I should try to get to know her. I think it’s silly.”
“I dunno”, I say, turning my head from an endless pile of paragraphs. “I don’t think you should ever get to know anyone, it only makes them more annoying.”

The night sky has no numbers floating in it.
Yet this is my one obsessive-compulsive habit: I play connect-the-dots with the stars until sunrise.

Irritation is an animal which lives
together with Self Pity, in your throat.
They threw Perspective out last night.

Please don’t try to justify your little growl:
You are tired. It’s been a long day.
“Surely, no one can smile all the time.”

Here - this is Proper Conduct’s address.