your phone is about to die and you hope it takes you with it pt. 1

 

you’re sick of taking shitty phone calls from shitty customers so you put your shitty head through your shitty computer monitor.

you take off your shitty headset and leave the shitty call floor.

you ignore your shitty supervisor’s shitty questions.

you press the shitty button for the shitty elevator.

you exit the shitty building and shitty snow drips from the shitty sky.

you move your shitty legs through the shitty streets.

you see a shitty cop pull over a shitty driver.

the shitty cop makes the shitty driver get out of the car.

it’s mid january and just above freezing.

the shitty cop is wearing a warm shitty coat paid for by shitty tax payers.

you know the shitty cop is abusing its shitty power.

you think “asshole cop” then realize it’s redundant.

you want to yell something shitty at the shitty cop but your shitty legs keep moving.

you move your shitty legs through more shitty streets.

you see shitty buildings.

you see more shitty cops pulling over more shitty drivers.

the shitty cops all wear the same shitty coats.

your shitty legs keep moving.

your shitty phone rings and you ignore it.

you see the shitty lake and your shitty legs stop moving.

you forget you need to move your shitty lungs to breath but your shitty lungs keep moving anyway.

your shitty phone is about to die and you hope it takes you with it.

 

 

your phone is about to die and you hope it takes you with it pt. 2

 

the shitty lake looks calm.

you want to be inside the shitty lake.

you see a dead shitty bird floating in the shitty lake.

you take a shitty picture of the dead shitty bird and post it to instagram.

you forget to add a filter.

a shitty cop comments on the shitty picture and says “this makes me sad.”

another shitty cop comments on the shitty picture and says “i hope someone does this for me when i die.”

your shitty stomach makes a shitty noise and you punch it with your shitty fist.

you bend your shitty knees and take a shitty apple off the shitty ground.

you eat most of the shitty apple and then you eat the rest.

you chew the shitty stem then spit it out.

you’re jealous of the shitty lake because it looks so calm.

you want to live inside the shitty lake at its very shitty bottom.

you stand there for a long time watching shitty snow melt on the shitty ground.

the shitty sky loses its shitty light.

you move your shitty legs and think about the shitty lake.

 

 

 your phone is about to die and you hope it takes you with it pt. 3

 

your shitty legs keep moving until you’re outside your shitty apartment.

you unlock the shitty door and your shitty cat yells at you.

you wash your shitty hands.

you fill a shitty glass with shitty water.

you open two shitty cans of beans and cook a pot of shitty rice.

you sit on your shitty bed and watch a shitty movie on your shitty laptop.

your shitty cat jumps on your shitty bed and yells at you.

you move your shitty laptop to the shitty floor.

you lie down on your shitty bed and tell your shitty cat “i am never going back to my shitty job.”

your shitty cat doesn’t care.

your shitty cat yells at you.

you pet your shitty cat until she bites your shitty hand and jumps off your shitty bed.

your shitty eyes stare at the shitty ceiling.

your shitty phone is dead and you’re still here.

you roll over and close your shitty eyes.