Oblivious

some people

Oblivious
she is
to all of us
in the waiting room
with our worries
and our crossword puzzles
no one wants to hear
her grating voice
and inappropriately revealing conversation.
uncomfortable look aways
people grimace
and she reports back to b***h number two
on the other end

Shut up!
I don't care that you're stoned,
I don't care that you've had cysts removed,
Seeing me writing, she assumes that I do ...
F**k you!

the man I love is open
splayed on a table
lungs collapsed
waiting
to breathe again...

Author's Note

Ah whatever

Reviews

[Neville]

Well said/stated.... a sad but true reflection of the times..... oh' and should any part of this be 100% kosher.. I keep my fingers well and truly crossed for his speedy recovery... cheers Lyn..... N

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. It happens that sometimes a bit of a rant helps

[Neville]

you can beat an egg, but ya can't beat a good rant.....

[Gee]

To me the rudest of behaviour, especially when purchasing goods and carrying on with their conversation at the till, totally ignoring the cashier. Need their phones sticking up their own arses.
Good evening Lyn

[Lyn Anderson]

Hey. Yes. Disturbing really, our new reality

[Relic]

No lie, I was in the supermarket 3 days ago and a girl was on her phone behind me talking to her girlfriend about some girl she hates. She hardly knew anyone was around her. The girl at checkout rolled her eyes when I looked at her with a smirk on my face. Life has certainly changed since phones became mobile huh. ha

[Lyn Anderson]

Yes. What gets me is when the offender looks at people who are annoyed with their behaviour and says "maybe I should put you on speaker phone" - NO! Shut up. People don't WANT to hear you, you're making it impossible for them not to

[Relic]

They can be brainless at times, can't they.

[Sami Khalil]

It is so true. Some people can be so annoying with the shallow selves, and their conversations fare worse. You feel you just want to shut them up and have a life. You capture it all marvelously and straight forward.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. A bit of a rant can sometimes distract one from the intolerable

[Sami Khalil]

So true. You are welcome.

[Lorry]

You really do capture the essence of us humans in this piece Lynn. We can all relate to moments when we are disturbed from our thoughts, by the oblivious, who never got the privacy settinng update the rest of the world got. Consideration isnt always considered, unfortunately.

[Lyn Anderson]

You summed it perfectly. Thanks

[LazerRays]

O sympathy is what she has. She's a cold self centered b***h. What a jerk. This is a good poem

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I appreciate it

[redzone]

perhaps too, obnoxious, self centered shyte for brains might also be used to describe such people.... I hope is able to breathe Lyn...

[Lyn Anderson]

Yup. All of the above. Trust me. No one in that waiting room ever wants to listen in. That's what text is for

[Delmar Cooper]

There is a universal and under reported aspect of the human condition that belongs right there on the cusp of coincidence and karma. This aspect rears its head every time something important to the observer is occurring. Just at the critical moment someone with absolutely no skin in the game simply Must be heard, attended to, reasoned with, taken into account, etc. As if they mattered at all.

[Lyn Anderson]

Some people overestimate their importance in other's eyes for sure. Thanks for stopping in