Amanda asks. Amanda insists.
Amanda demands attention.
Amanda commandeers conversations
requires cooperation.

Amanda implores for information
for opportunities.
Amanda wheedles
Amanda needles
Amanda needs this, that
and the other – all the time,
obviously.

Amanda wants to destroy me
decimate and desiccate me daily
devouring all that I are.
Amanda wants to absorb me
taking in all my best qualities
and then shitting them out
after use.

“Take me there!” Amanda announces.
“Give me that!” Expresses Amanda
before finally fulminating
with a furious “Feed me…”

Amanda argues.
Amanda inquires.
Amanda importunes every single instant
of every individual hour
of each and every year.

Amanda is exhausting.
Amanda is everything.
Amanda yearns to get on top.
Often,
Amanda gets what she wants.