I have never heard of this before

I mean if he was trying to win

Everything he does seems wrong

we are saying thank you faster and faster
with nobody listening we are saying thank you
thank you we are saying and waving
dark though it is

with the animals dying around us
taking our feelings we are saying thank you
with the forests falling faster than the minutes
of our lives we are saying thank you
with the words going out like cells of a brain
with the cities growing over us

in doorways and in the backs of cars and in elevators
remembering wars and the police at the door
and the beatings on stairs we are saying thank you
in the banks we are saying thank you
in the faces of the officials and the rich
and of all who will never change
we go on saying thank you thank you

standing by the windows looking out
in our directions

back from a series of hospitals back from a mugging
after funerals we are saying thank you
after the news of the dead
whether or not we knew them we are saying thank you

over telephones we are saying thank you

I'm also attending a white elephant gift exchange and giving my coworkers back their george foreman grill, an item which i'm never going to use, ever

do we HAVE to do christmas? no. are we apparently doing it anyway? Yes

that's not Of Course!!

what is on the top of it

I'm on the dating app for dates

i would not say subtlety is an aspect of my personality

i have bsky for text-based communication with strangers

the unstated subtext being If you don't want to go on a date, please stop messaging me.

In other lighting-related holiday news, I moved a lamp from one of the upstairs bedrooms into the living room near the couch and it has significantly improved both my mood and ability to read

If you're like "i can't figure out what's wrong with this room" consider: it might be lighting. Lighting from one spot in the ceiling is the WORST