"Your phone's ringing, Dude."
"Thanks, Donnie."*
I know I should answer the call
but there's so many messages I must catch up on
so much unfinished business
nature called
also got a call of the wild
always good to respond to those types first
but instead, always offering myself up first
might as well be handing out samples
at some grocery store deli aisle
most likely near the butcher
where you can get other meats by the pound
more convenient that way
just straight to the point
but they'd probably eat me out of house and home
rob me blind even
wait, my shirt?
already gave that away
now they actually want a piece of my back
never mind the shirt off it
give them scraps and they come back salivating
the vulture's circles are getting closer
half starved and slightly amused
curiosity with no regard or regret
the kind that killed the cat
by now, I'm in too deep
and the waters have already been chummed
at least if I swim with the sharks, I already know their intentions
they are fiends, junkies
their addiction: attention
I guess that makes me their unwilling pusher
enabling their dependency of greed and mistrust
cause it always takes two to tango, right?
*quote from the film The Big Lebowski
JC
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