Best Self Absorbed Poems

this looming life of solitude
left listening to your woes
a dark depressing melody doth it compose
I whisper words that wander wearily
my voice escapes thine ears
solitary without sympathy
dealing in your reprimand 
my voice you hear
my meaning you do not understand...

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My feelings for today
Are some people just display
Total disregard for others

In a confined space
With many people in place
All you can think about is You

Aware only of yourself
Complete dismissal for anyone else
Where does such arrogance come from?

You feel superiority to the rest
No compassion do you possess
How...

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(Parody of "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love)

Come stay with me and be my maid
and once a month you will be paid.
("under the table" it will be;
no taxes taken out by ME!)
You’ll clean the toilets and make my bed,
and see the kids and pets get...

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All of my dreams
All I have thought
All of my hopes
All I have sought
All of my prayers
All I have bought
All of my life
All I have fought...

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She never gets off the phone first
I can clean my house and vacuum while she is on speaker
She does not seem to hear the noises I am making
Because they are not her noises, so they are inconsequential

She tells me her stories, who she is arguing...

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Can you see beyond the end of your nose?
Could you be just a wee bit too confined
To yourself, and the needs of others dispose  
Can you see beyond the end of your nose?
The legitimate worth another might disclose
Who consider themselves of an equal mind
Can...

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Talking. Talking. Talking. At first it is fun, maybe even entertaining.
You are not sure exactly sure when it turns, but it does.
Suddenly the monopolizer’s ramblings no longer seem charming.
Patience worn thin, you try a few times to interject a word.
There is no pause, no break....

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