Elucidating Questions

When this started

Call Me Maybe

Was mine.

It was mine in a way no song ever belonged to anyone before

In that the esoteric wasn’t so esoteric.

Where I had foresight and it was real but

Come dance with me

Call me maybe

Come sing with me

Call me maybe

I love you

Call me maybe

Slowly

It twisted.

And over and over 604 calls but it’s not him and it’s always at the moment when I most needed it to be him

But it wasn’t.

It’s a joke.

On my life.

My life as a joke.

Call me maybe.

Did you know that one half of maybe is never?

I didn’t.

I didn’t think of it.

But no one else wants me and I tried to make that clear so why would you want me if no one else wants me

I’m not one of the popular kids.

I’m a whisper in the dark.

That you try to tell yourself was the wind.

Call me maybe now just

Sounds like keep holding on

Like a joke because if it’s meant to be it’ll work out and

I guess that means I’m just meant to be alone because being alone always works out for me I’ll be alone all tomorrow and all Saturday and all Sunday and all Monday and Tuesday too so I suppose

Call me maybe wasn’t meant to be

And being alone is just for me.