Idris called it textbook random,
little questions framed in generalities,
getting to know someone without
truly getting to know someone.
His pop quiz surveys
weren’t innocent or casual.
He liked cruel for dessert and
feeding piranhas for fun.
Tell the ignorant a lie three times
and they’ll take it as truth.
I became the topic, the target,
of Idris’s petty collection
of insufferable friends.
Tired of the shoebox of bs
he thought I couldn’t escape
I clawed him with truth,
“A peacock will lose its feathers when
Circe comes to claim its tongue.”
©Susie Clevenger 2024
Circe has often been identified as the first witch in Greek mythology.
