orange - benedict - pig

orange

i grab an orange and
my black sweater before
i fly out the door to work
this morning... the orange rolls
around on the passenger seat
of the car as i weave through
traffic on the freeway, maybe
i'm going faster than i should...
listening to seether fills me
with adreneline, i back my foot
off the accelerator wisely

i pull on my black sweater
and tuck the orange in
the crook of my arm as i
stride from my car to the elevator,
then hold the elevator door open for jose
and he steps in then remarks on
the nice weekend weather, i respond
in agreement mentioning how beautiful
my hike along the bay was yesterday,
and he adds "it turned orange"
i say, "ya it was a great sunset"
he says, " i mean the fire on angel
island was orange, i could see it from
my house last night." the elevator
stops with a jerk, my orange
hits the floor and rolls out the open door.
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benedict

yesterday morning at breakfast
i order something unusual... dean's
is known for their omelettes, but i order
eggs benedict instead... i forget to tell
the waiter to cook the eggs well because
runny whites of eggs seem too much like snot
and i won't eat them if they're that way, but
i'm engrossed in a conversation and i forget...
the eggs arrive and the waiter lays down
my plate of benedict apologizing because
they are cooked too solid, i look and am happy
to see they are cooked just the way i like them....
slightly liquid yolks but solid whites. i tell the
waiter they're perfect and that the chef must
have intuited i would prefer them that way...
the waiter says, "well he must intuit that for
everyone because he cooks them all that way."
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pig

i hate when men
who say they love me
also say that men are pigs

now, just what am i to think?

they immediately exclude themselves
from the pig category telling me
they're not like other men

i decide to think men are chameleons

this morning on the way to work,
i get a text from a man who says he loves me...
i have to laugh even though my heart sinks
when i notice the cruel irony of the song
that's blaring from my stereo when his text
arrives... it's "pig" by seether