Set the search parameters to everywhere
And the expectations to zero,
Exploring the depths of intimacy
One shallow hello/goodbye at a time.
These days you can find anyone to do anything with you
Which typically adds up to nothing at all,
Just a bullet point on a to-do list
You forget why you made.
Simply want to be free, want to ditch the key
So no door is open and no door is closed,
Empowered to say “I love you”
Immediately followed by “Never mind.”
Emotions condensed into outdated constructs
To prevent the prevalence of hard feelings,
Shaking hands and locking lips
With well-rehearsed indifference.
Everyone is a winner, everyone gets a trophy
Though the contest remains ambiguous
Like an abandoned high school’s wall of fame
Whose names no one bothers to know.
