Peoply Things

Peoply Things

I'm not so good at peoply things

like sending back an overcooked steak

or completing a to-do list

or making conversation in a freezer aisle

I'm not so good at peoply things

like meeting for lunch

or picking wet towels off of the floor 

or poltical rhetoric in an attempt to feel smart

Let's never sit and discuss 

401ks and HMOs

or how it's a buyers market

or indulge in fictional life details we make up to fit in

Instead - 

can we just -

talk about the callous on your hands

and what you were doing

or why my feet in the earth calms my soul

I want to hear how you survived 

all those years of pushing and pulling

and whether birds sing because

they are happy or simple biology

How do you call out joy in your space?

Why own a guitar you don't play?

What secrets lay behind the lines in your face?

I'm not so good at peoply things

like writing pretty poems

with ends tied together

or telling my story

or discussing the weather

Tell me whats weathering

your soul deep inside

Describe me the colors

when you rest your weary eyes

Yes, peoply things have  time and a place

Guess i'm not so good at this peoply space.