Hurts Me

I have a mean friend 

Who talks shit about me 

For reasons I’m not totally clear on 

Because I was always really nice to him

He also likes to embarrass me

When he introduces me to people 

Saying stuff like:

“She’s so smart it hurts her” 

In the way you say beautiful, old building
Before you mention rot and insane landlord

He’s not the smartest guy in the world

I think he was a legacy student at our college

His legacy was being a lazy perv

With body odor and family money

So he also might not know

I’m not that smart

I like to imagine him imagining my mind

As a ceiling fan

I walk into on purpose

So I can lie bleeding on the floor 

Instead of being an astronaut

I might be 

So dumb it hurts me

Either way

It hurts me