PERSONALITY TEST

I believe niceness is merely an act;
a pretense of high expectations

In a lot of previous relations,
I quickly learned that every
shit-eating smile
had an ulterior turd lurking behind it


so, please--no good deeds for me.
Don't hold any doors open;
I'll only let them slam in your face,
and if I don't give you the proper
directions
when I'm asked, it's not because
I don't know my ass from a hole in
the ground

I don't wear a watch,
so I never give anyone the time of
day,
and just because I'm in a
perpetually
bad mood and would rather blow
your ass away
than smile sweetly and speak to
you,
don't assume I merely got out of
the wrong side of the bed this
morning--

being an asshole just comes
naturally to me;
what's your excuse?

Poem by Cynthia Ruth Lewis