Close Friends

Seven months went by

No one invited me to shit

Birthday dinner party

Barbieheimer screening

I guess word got out

About my alone time

And how much I love it.

Yeah, let's go with that explanation

'cause otherwise I don't like what

This information's saying

About me as a man who was raised by a man

With no close friends

He was beloved by hundreds

But only ever leaned on one of them.

So I took matters into my own hands

Sent a group text to twenty of my friends

Said "come watch the Perseids at my place

I could use some help anyway"

I heard back from two of them

They both said "no"

The 18 others said

*cricket noise*

And that's not a ringtone

That's the sound of me

Realizing how hard I'd leaned

On the social skills of my partner

As if she were an extension of me.

It's a happy little sad song though,

Right?

I told ya'll.

Or is it a sad little happy song?

Alright, let's set it down.