My colleagues laugh more in a day
Than I do in a year;
That’s just another way to say
You’re nowhere if not here.
It isn’t that I’m mortified
Or nurse a broken heart;
I just don’t see the funny side,
And that sets me apart.
And, when the sunlight strikes my face,
I feel no special mirth;
I’ve known how heat traverses space
Since long before my birth.
I’ve lived a thousand times or more;
That’s why I’m seen as such a bore.
Photo by Дмитрий Хрусталев-Григорьев on Unsplash
