Men in Therapy

[Vistaldust]

My therapist asked how I was feeling.
I told her people are idiots.
She then asked me how I was feeling.
I said living is a lot of work.
Again, she asked how I was feeling.
I replied my wife is being a bitch.
Once more, she asked.
I responded, "I'm getting a raise at work."
Finally, she asked me to please answer the fucking question. How am I feeling?
I looked at her, puzzled, and said,
"For a therapist, you sure don't listen very well."

[billy]

yes, yes, but how are you feeling

[fim]

My therapist asked how I was feeling.
I told her people are idiots.
She then asked me how I was feeling.
I said living is a lot of work.
Again, she asked how I was feeling.
I replied my wife is being a bitch.
Once more, she asked.
I responded, "I'm getting a raise at work."
Finally, she asked me to please answer the fucking question. How am I feeling?
I looked at her, puzzled, and said,
"For a therapist, you sure don't listen very well."

Vilstaldust,
If poems are a poet's window into themselves, well then I feel compelled to ask you ... "how are you feeling?"

[Magpie]

This is brilliant, I read it other day and laughed out loud at the end. Very funny and I like the way that you reel in the reader and deliver the line just after the right amount of suspense.
Cheers, thanks for the read.

[Vistaldust]

This is brilliant, I read it other day and laughed out loud at the end. Very funny and I like the way that you reel in the reader and deliver the line just after the right amount of suspense.
Cheers, thanks for the read.

Thanks, Ambrosial!

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My therapist asked how I was feeling.
I told her people are idiots.
She then asked me how I was feeling.
I said living is a lot of work.
Again, she asked how I was feeling.
I replied my wife is being a bitch.
Once more, she asked.
I responded, "I'm getting a raise at work."
Finally, she asked me to please answer the fucking question. How am I feeling?
I looked at her, puzzled, and said,
"For a therapist, you sure don't listen very well."

Vilstaldust,
If poems are a poet's window into themselves, well then I feel compelled to ask you ... "how are you feeling?"

fim, how am I feeling?? Uhm, I'm working today. . Actually, I feel joyous, with a slice of intense fear, topped off with two scoops adolescent shame.

[Rose Love]

Loooool. I love this . It reminds me of a much less humorous therapy session I once had in which my therapist told me that I kept telling her how other people were feeling and responding in shared experiences I had with them, but that she couldn't find me in the stories I told her.

[Bunx]

Loooool. I love this . It reminds me of a much less humorous therapy session I once had in which my therapist told me that I kept telling her how other people were feeling and responding in shared experiences I had with them, but that she couldn't find me in the stories I told her.

Double the lol's on that. I feel this way alot with my therapist which is why i go there and rant and barely let him talk. anyways i think the poem itself is a funny example of what medical professionals demand from the patients, or subjects, or whatever! lols!!

[newsclippings]

This is great. I just don't understand why you choose to put in quotations in one line and not the other?

[Vistaldust]

This is great. I just don't understand why you choose to put in quotations in one line and not the other?

Thanks, newsclippings. I think I just got lazy on the quotes. I should have either placed quotes in all the responses or none at all.

[R.C. KITCHENS]

My therapist asked how I was feeling.
I told her people are idiots.
She then asked me how I was feeling.
I said living is a lot of work.
Again, she asked how I was feeling.
I replied my wife is being a bitch.
Once more, she asked.
I responded, "I'm getting a raise at work."
Finally, she asked me to please answer the fucking question. How am I feeling?
I looked at her, puzzled, and said,
"For a therapist, you sure don't listen very well."

ahha good short piece. I agree with NC, I didnt get why some were in quotes and others were not. Probably make them all quotes and it would pop more.