EVERY TIME I THINK OF YOU

Author: JaneAParis
Word Count: 2328
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this poem is for Mr. The Lane Eeee
it is an explanation of why I am insaney…

every time I think of you…
Donna puts on her sugar daddy pants and she mops the floor, then afterwards she goes downstairs to sew stuffed animals…and then in the evening she reads books about building dream cabins in the woods

every time I think of you…
the fire alarm in the building goes off, and everyone corrals into the parking lot across the street

every time I think of you…
Kenny drinks Diet Coke and asks me ‘Hows it going’ all the time

every time I think of you…
Stephanie cusses everyone out, back and forth and forth and back, up and down and down and up, #x%x@@!, and then storms off to her room with some broken Salvation Army boxes in her hands

every time I think of you…
Jerrieann watches television while she is eating bananas in her purple pajamas

every time I think of you…
Carmen tells me that she is special and she wants to know if I will do art for her

every time I think of you…
Jessica shows me pictures of her little girl and tells me she is looking for an office job

every time I think of you…
Betty wears curlers in her hair and blathers gibberish like she has had too many beers

every time I think of you…
Ken is just gross burping and farting out of control…:-(, and he always wants to give me his old pop bottles

every time I think of you…
Joyce, the dishwater blonde, is outside chain smoking and she tells me she can’t stay here any longer

every time I think of you…
David tells me he loves me while he eats spaghetti, and he drinks laced cool-aid

every time I think of you…
Something bad happens to one of my books, the last time it was my red Gideon Bible that had something sticky poured into the Chronicals section – Chronicles, in the Bible, by the way was written specifically for the purpose of disagreeing with the portrayal of events in and by other narratives

every time I think of you…
David compusively sweeps the floor and he tells me that he finally got his play station up and working

every time I think of you…
Roger wants me to draw a picture of his dog in its doghouse in pencil

every time I think of you…
Amanda babbles love songs in a high squeaky voice and she talks about all the babies she has had, she says she is a featherwood, (supposedly some kind of fairy like creature), and she also used to work at the carnival

every time I think of you…
Natalia wears her ladybug backpack and her red and blue patchwork pants, and she hangs out in the smoke room with James

every time I think of you…
Marshall has an X on his forehead, he wears a blue bandanna around his head, and he sleeps on the sofa

every time I think of you…
Steve wears his orange cap and he hugs his dolly really tight

every time I think of you…
Jon wants to know if I would like to go to coffee and then play Scattegories afterwards, he is really into Madonna

every time I think of you…
Tom wears his wooden cross and prays a lot, he tells me someone stole his running pants from the laundry room

every time I think of you…
Charlie wears her CD player and headphones all the time, and she wants to give me ten bucks

every time I think of you…
that elderly fat blonde lady talks about the days past when she was a heavy drug user

every time I think of you…
the big heavyset guy wants to go to the movies and play Skip-Bo

every time I think of you…
Ty wears military fatigues and black combat boots and he wants his medication

every time I think of you…
Richard sprays sanitizer on the plastic furniture and and sends me unwanted e-mails

every time I think of you…
Ol’ Jimmy can’t find his Ace cigarettes and wants to know if l would/wood like a cookie

every time I think of you…
Violet likes my art and she always runs into me on the elevator wearing her wig

every time I think of you…
Sean wears his black knit cap to work and he talks about joining the Union

every time I think of you…
Maggie wears her white Hostess Twinkies shirt to work, teaches art group, and goes outside to smoke

every time I think of you…
Alex tells me that I can work for him instead

every time I think of you…
Robin gives me silver heart earrings and her old CDs

every time I think of you…
Debbie tells me that John is coming to visit and Chicken a la King is for dinner

every time I think of you…
Donovan puts a vampire poster in the smoking room and says he has scabies

every time I think of you…
Shannon lets her hair down and whispers about how she likes it hot, then she talks about a really sick pathetic dog she used to own

every time I think of you…
Jeff talks about his job washing dishes and he wants to use the computer

every time I think of you…
Christina bitches to the guy at the front desk about her rights being violated and then she says that she wants to speak to the judge

every time I think of you…
Shane complains about the bathrooms being stopped up and is he is always riding his bike

every time I think of you…
Phyllis stays out all night and gives me make-up with a smile on her face

every time I think of you…
Randy, who is serving dinner, wants to know if I would like everything including my salad on a dish plate

every time I think of you…
Todd holds the guinea pig, Cupcake, and then afterwards he cleans her cage, he also makes pancakes on Sundays

every time I think of you…
Gladys reads girlie magazines upside down, mumbles insults in her waking sleep, and loves to eat canned vegetables

every time I think of you…
Roxanne draws big thick eyebrows on her face, wears very high platform shoes, sits down next to me, and stares at me

every time I think of you…
Dawn saves food for me and gives me coffee, and she locks me out of the building with no coat on

every time I think of you…
Pat tells me he will bring his camera in on Saturday to take pictures of my art, and he reads and copies a book about the Vanderbilt family

every time I think of you…
Jason wears his shark pajamas and he carries a small blue Coleman icebox around with him everywhere

every time I think of you…
Alma takes me to the doctor and then wants to go window shopping for clothes

every time I think of you…
Liz calls goals group and considering change group through the door

every time I think of you…
Ukana comes to work instead of the regular staff at the Royal Place I reside at

every time I think of you…
Calvin reads books about cartooning and he has problems using the shitty broken computer

every time I think of you…
Heather wants to know if I’d like to come to knitting group, and she always calls Radio Cab to get a ride home

every time I think of you…
Selma wants me to help her put on her make-up, and then she goes outside to cry

every time I think of you…
David gets into my black bag downstairs, he steals my batteries, and he always is asking me for my loose change

every time I think of you…
Jeff and Tony are outside hanging out by the art scupture in front of the building and they want to know if I would like their dual charger for the computer, they seem to have bought extras? I take the chargers. Then they try to pick me up and I tell them no, they are too good looking, and that instead I am waiting for a really ugly green toad with lots of warts to come along and be my Prince Charming, besides that I am too busy living in my own little world.

every time I think of you…
Kristina wants to know if the really lowcut revealing short mini dress she is wearing is appropriate for her job interview at ‘Ross Dress for Less’. Her tatoo shows on her breasts. I tell her she looks great!:-)

every time I think of you…
Angie always wants my bingo prizes and my popcorn

every time I think of you…
Gayle ask me if I want two old sweaters that she has, and when I am in the bathroom she comes in and throws up all over the place

every time I think of you…
Jeremy tells me I can have milk from the kitchen, but that I have to wait until after Marie is through doing the dishes, he says she doesn’t like to feel crowded in the kitchen

every time I think of you…
Gil wants to know if I would like a hot smoked sausage and he is always wearing his bedtime lounging robe

every time I think of you…
Nicole wants hugs all the time and she wants to know if I would like to play games all the time too

every time I think of you…
Alicia gives me greasy pizza and she wants to know if I have any cigarettes she can have

every time I think of you…
Justin drinks chocolate milk while he is holding a plastic knife in a peculiar fashion

every time I think of you…
Mila sits at her desk and applies loads of lipstick

every time I think of you…
Lori wants to know if I’d like to draw snowmen on the windows at Christmas time

every time I think of you…
Kelly wants to know if I’d like to go to the Chinese Gardens with her

every time I think of you…
Janelle shows me pictures on the computer of her big fish catches from her fishing trips

every time I think of you…
Kristina and Justin take popcorn and coke downstairs to eat and drink while they watch wrestling

every time I think of you…
Lucretia talks to her boyfriend on the computer dating service live chat

every time I think of you…
Michael wears his bright starched white shirt to work and no baseball cap so that you can see his handsome dark hair

every time I think of you…
Anthony plays the guitar and he teaches spanish group

every time I think of you…
John follows me to the bathroom and he pounds on the door while I am in the shower – he always has a smirk on his face and tells me he has to use the facilities

every time I think of you…
Peter gives me Ibuprofen and he wants to see my latest art

every time I think of you…
June, the nurse, talks about finishing up with the doctors so she can get on with giving her shots

every time I think of you…
Akil hurries me out of the building during fire drills and he tells me putting on make-up does not matter

every time I think of you…
Barbara raves about her new apartment and tells me she is taking a class to learn how to make jewelry

every time I think of you…
Susan says that I can’t use up all the tape at the front desk and when I am posting art on the wall she worries excessively that I will fall off my chair

every time I think of you…
Fred wears new tennis shoes with the price tag sticker still on them, and he lives and breaths sports talk

every time I think of you…
Kenneth goes on and on about his alcoholism problem

every time I think of you…
Star tells me she forgot the combination to her locker and she wants to know if I can help her get into it

every time I think of you…
Michelle wears red to work and talks a lot about her Golden Labrador Retriever dog

every time I think of you…
Elva smiles a knowing smile

every time I think of you…
Lorie wears her red knit cap and she always runs into me in the bathroom

every time I think of you…
Russel tells me horror stories from when he was a child, and he spends a lot of time staring at his hand

every time I think of you…
Lydia throws candy at me and she throws money at me too from the petty cash drawer

every time I think of you…
Vicki owns the kitchen, she wears a black Addidas sweatshirt, she gave me her old Birkenstocks, and she has a terrible foot rash that the doctors can’t cure

every time I think of you…
Deirdre dyes/dies her hair red and she gets me new glasses from the Lion Club

every time I think of you…
Kas wants to talk about her pictures of Australia and New Zealand

every time I think of you…
Cindy tells everyone that she doesn’t need you to pimp her ‘cuz she can pimp herself

As for me, I can’t sleep well and spend too much time in the bathroom hiding from everyone

And you Mr. The Lane Eeee took me to coffee at the Three Lions Bakery and then you dissapeared…

JANE Á PARIS