I originally wrote a longer version of the following for a
different thread, but seeing zero votes by so many names (including, thankfully, mine
), I thought it would be fun to recycle it (really, I'm just too lazy to write something new). I hope nobody takes it seriously.
This thread makes me feel
a little bit sad -
no, not for those who didn't make the list,
that's not so bad -
but for those who
did
but still have a lonely little zero
sitting by their name.
...
Eyes sting, ears ring,
dry lips twitch, and nostrils flair,
fingers run through sweat-soaked hair,
and in the center, the popular people
tell themselves it's not polite to stare.