{"id":825,"date":"2025-07-19T18:57:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T01:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicoleroy.net\/blog\/?p=825"},"modified":"2025-07-19T18:57:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T01:57:44","slug":"neon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicoleroy.net\/blog\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Neon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Men are the worst
I almost text her
But wait maybe this is penance
For being such a shitty human being

Hey, beautiful \u2013 I’d love to buy you dinner
When I’m in town
On the 18th
He texts, and my heart glows neon
that maybe we’ll spark

And that week I steel myself
For what I know will be
come
Another disappointment
Because look at me
I tell my therapist
The gritty brown stuff at the end of a fluorescent tube
that’s almost used up

And on Friday, all day, I hope
But I’m still a bitch at work
Or am I \u2013\u00a0try to remember being authoritative before
Yes, I am just…
strong.

“I assume this isn’t happening”
“I got in late, I’m sorry, how does tomorrow work for you?”
“Great!” I say, with hope sublimating into the upper atmosphere
So he doesn’t come
Or acknowledge the slight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So I go to My Neighbor Felix
Where the power is out \u2013\u00a0sorry. We’ll get you that burrito to go.
Here are some marg chips for your trouble.

“I got free margaritas!”
I almost text her<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Men are the worstI almost text herBut wait maybe this is penanceFor being such a shitty human being Hey, beautiful \u2013 I’d love to buy you dinnerWhen I’m in townOn the 18thHe texts, and my heart glows neonthat maybe we’ll spark And that week I steel myselfFor what I know will becomeAnother disappointmentBecause look at … <\/p>\n

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