136: NaPoWriMo Day 26: butt; hurt

Hello beautiful souls! Sheena here and I'll be posting the prompts beginning today until #day30. Joms.

PROMPT:

Where are you right now? What is happening around you? How does it sound, smell, taste, look and feel like? Today's prompt challenges you to be in the present moment. Choose a place to be in (it can even be the place you are in RIGHT NOW) and recreate the experience by writing a place poem. Examples of place poems include Ee Tiang Hong’s Perth and James Wright’s The Secret of Light .

BONUS CHALLENGE:
Begin your poem by mentioning a body part.

Happy writing!

#day26 #napowrimo #npwm #poetrycafekl #pckl #placepoetry

via Poetry Cafe KL

butt

still plopped on my flattened-out heart-shaped pillow

on this squeaky half-broken office chair

staring at two screens

staring right back at me

and feeling warm and fuzzy 

because i couldn't be bothered to take off my fluffy leopard-print sweater and socks

even though the aircond's been switched off well over an hour ago.

i suspect i'm trying to make up 

for arriving half-hour late to work

these past few daysweeksmonths

(i think i'm trying to overcompensate

for struggling to meet my KPIs and

the expectations of those around me).

butt.

why am i still here?

2017-04-26 6.58pm

butt
still plopped on my flattened-out heart-shaped pillow
on this squeaky half-broken office chair
staring at the screens
and being stared back
and feeling warm and fuzzy
but only because i haven't taken off my furry sweater
even though the aircond's been turned off an hour ago.

i suspect i'm trying to overcompensate 
for arriving half-hour late to work
for the past few daysweeksmonths.

i think i'm feeling guilty for not meeting
my seemingly unending KPIs
and the expectations of those around me.

butt.
why am i still here?


2017-04-26 6.46pm