pretend

he sits and writes like
an intellectual people-watcher,
and he is
(I can smell my own)
he was watching me

when his friends got here
he hid his book and pen
and is now acting like a
normal
unintelligent
average
I-bleach-my-hair-because-it's-"cool"
guy

god, I hate people who can't even
be themselves with their friends...