self-unemployment

quite a horrific headache from having to witness
two passive agressives
in an argument

feeling exhausted

contemplating your ungainful self-unemployment
to the soundtrack of an earful of double-edged,
acerbic comments

like: ‘don’t phone and don't write,
you'll hear from me in good time'

you realize

you are having a decidedly bad time,
as you try to re-write
the lines in your mind

then hide the fact that
you ever tried