Confessions of a sad superhero book 17

The Air

Something about your air
how you look at me
or try not to look at me.
You never speak to me
unless I speak first
and even then I can see
its begrudgingly.
Did I do something to you
or has a little bird been whispering in your ear?

Strange Co-workers

One day their nice
then the next day
ignoring you
sometimes treating you like
you have some terrible disease
and they can't stand to be near you.
They would never be friends with you
away from these walls
and God knows how you've tried
but most of these people who work here at night
have social issues
and that's exactly why they work here at night
and why some of them will never leave this place
or the night shift.

Then this guy
stays at the desk
and I have to ask him
if he's ready to switch
but when its me at the desk
he will come over
place his stuff on the desk
and kinda hover over me
(passive aggression)
until I get up and leave.
Usually he won't put out the sign in sheets
and he basically copies EVERYTHING I do
I bring my laptop
He brings his.
I play music
He plays music
(But his is LOUDER!)
I watch movies
He decides to do the same thing.
I go upstairs to chill in an office area
He does it too.
I know we are all influenced by each other but it just kinda freaks me out sometimes.
Its just reminds me of how other cultures don't like black folks but....
some of them have no problem taking our ideas and things....
Every once in awhile he will clean the desk
but mostly he won't
and I receive the gift of nose hairs and little booties on the desk
(yet I'm the one who is crazy right?)
Another co-worker I flat out avoid
because she is a trigger
an angry verbal showdown with her
it caused me anxiety attacks that lasted for days.
Another person is cool sometimes
then he will just flip
perhaps he's bipolar
because I don't know what to expect
and yeah other people noticed this but overlook it
so it ain't just me.
Its crazy that I gotta worry about
the crazy people out there
and strange co-workers (people from other depts) in here
I just wanna write this shit down
so I can go back later and look at it to remind myself
I wasn't imagining all these things.

Human beings be trippin.