NaPM April 26 2016

[bedeep]

Job Application

Let me be your bad guy.
Let me be the one to stand you up,
run you down, to find the fatal flaw
in your crisp performance
and show it to the world.

Let me be the guy
who spills sauce on your white shoes,
who keys your car and splits,
who whispers spicy hints
about your private life
to those who ought to know.

I'm the one you can't avoid.
I hitch your giddy-up
and wrench your careful scheme.
I'm that plot hole in your dream,
yep, I'm gonna be your bad guy.

I'll be the bone in your throat
that chokes you at the end,
at the special ceremony
where everyone keeps telling you
how fine you are, you win!
But we know, you and me,
you're just you, you lose,
and I'm your bad guy

And all because
no one should be so high
above the mud as you pretend.
Everyone must get splashed
and then drowned in the end.
I'll make sure it happens
to you.
I'm your bad guy.

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@Achebe -- that's a powerful poem.