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Lonely Breakfast
It's not a bright world
it's not even dimly lit anymore
I do most things alone now
and I'm not too sad about it,
strangers might look at me
and think I'm lonely
so if I'm out and all alone
I try to smile,
eating breakfast
and eyeballing patrons
I wonder how people
find the courage
to meet other people,
how do you look past
those judgemental stares
or faceless expressions
staring through you
not at you,
When I was younger
I would eat food off my plate
one item at a time
and my dad would say
"what if there's a fire
and you didn't get to try
your eggs before you have
to run out screaming?"
my response was always
something naive and comical
probably something like
"They probably sucked anyway",
I've applied this method
to meeting people
at my age
you can't afford another
bad friend
