Picture: Jim dying of boredom in The Office

Alanis Was Right.

Isn’t it Ironic how

Some things work out?

I can’t write poems.

Not with flow, structure, or meter,

I just can’t do it.

I’ve tried it before

And it just doesn’t work well.

You’ve seen my attempts.

Words become mangled,

Metaphors are silly, not witty,

And nothing ever rhymes.

I’ve never been good

At counting syllables so

Poems just aren’t my thing.

But you asked for one

And I feel like I should try.

This is my attempt.

Here is my poem.

It’s true, I wrote it for you.

I’m sorry that it sucks.