i usurp u

i find it interesting

that

i feel dumb

when

i’m around you/

just as smart as

little fruit flies

“so predictable;

always after the same thing.”

i find it interesting

that

i feel ugly/

only as pretty as

the reflection

that you caught in my face.

it’s also interesting that

once i voiced this

he went silent

there were words, but

they were empty

and

i knew i had won

:-)