i'm always on the outside looking in
like my cat sits on the lid of the bin
the one he thinks that there’s food in
and he’s preventing from ever opening
and it's the bin that even if she ever got into it
they wouldn’t let her in not really
they would figure out that she’s no fun fast
quickly after inquiring politely
and then turn back to their own friends
and later blank her in the street
and i’d probably choke on a bit of plastic
and in any case
the food waste is in the other bin anyway
other things said
no chance of oblivion this late
so wash the dishes
and write my ugliest thoughts down
repeat the mantra