other people don’t get hangovers
nervous breakdowns
phobias
drug addictions
they don’t wait for phones to ring
faxes to bite
luck to change
their computers don’t crash
nor do their cars
they never cry themselves to sleep alone
or wake up with someone they don’t find remotely sexually attractive
their parents don’t disown them
their landlords don’t evict them
their lovers don’t desert them
luckily you never meet these other people
or you might have to shoot them in the head.

Aoife Mannix