There were topics
I felt I couldn’t discuss
because I thought they would be hurtful,
like when I was interested in Brianna
when Alyssa was interested in me.
If I said something,
I was afraid Alyssa might blow her top,
even though I am infamous for talking about everything.

So when I was not talking about either Brianna or Alyssa
it was really suspect
and it made Brianna think I upset with her
and it made Alyssa think I was into her
– so everybody got the wrong idea.
Such a mess.

Honesty would have been a good policy,
but I’m not good at that,
and I didn’t want anyone to get hurt.
So instead everyone got hurt.

Good work.
Very high school.

In my defense,
it was school
– grad school.