Help get me back
To where I've been
All the bruises colored lilac
Taken on the chin
Together, down and out
I can smell your doubt
It's filling up the room
Wear it often, I presume
You wear it well
A second-guessing perfume
You wear it well
Take the long route
Half a cig stubbed out
Oh, how you love to stare
Fools think you care, au contraire
That familiar smell
It follows me elsewhere
That familiar smell
I guess I'll stay
Just stay this way
You say 'oh well'
Got that cig in the ashtray
I say 'oh well'
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Brock Richardson
I'm a former contributor to Funny or Die. I most prominently write poetry, short fiction and humor.
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For the Public Announcement Challenge, writers were asked to work inside voices built for control. These were notices, warnings, and updates meant to inform rather than confess. The strongest entries committed to that form and didn't break from it. Corporate memos, formal government alerts, and internal policy language were held consistently, allowing emotion, fear, grief, or humor to surface indirectly through pressure rather than declaration. The following poems recognize the voice of authority, and let human feeling slip through despite all its rules and restraint.
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