I scare them all away

I scare them all away

writing messages to tell me

they want to get to know me

seeing me in profile

making up their own stories

they always want to meet me

but I hesitate

when they get too close to me

I scare them all away

go out for tea just us

and a couple of animals

stuffed into chairs

in a poorly lit hole in the wall

wanting to tell me their secrets

wanting everything explained

but when it gets too creepy

they run and rip their slacks

tracing every word

singing every melody

my existence is too absurd

to fit their childhood dreams

running to the army

focusing their death ray

kissing some hero

while credits roll over my face