silent reader of awful girl poet

Alice Phoebe Lou - Pretender

silent reader of awful girl poet,
I hope your days have been better.
recently,
I lost 2 sets of keys
and the washing machine needed a new motor.
my social demise 

came on a Sunday
when the church could not remember my name.
then my phone broke
after the 100th drop
and the laughter that escaped made me look insane.

I positively despise all the company I keep

in this God forsaken academic space.

I have a male professor I abhor

and a female supervisor who I cried to once

and now locks her chamber away.

silent reader of awful girl poet,

I hope the breeze caresses you 

dearly

perhaps reading about my awfulness,

and the unlucky life I'm leading,

could help you look at yours

and realise 

that yours might not be worth leaving.

then perhaps I could use my silly poetry

to lasso your newfound desire;

to live a life that is less awful than mine

to spare my thumbs from growing drier and drier.