POETRY PROMPT: MESSY

If they:

Show you stuff “in case” you haven’t seen it 

Bring up subjects you’ve long since studied and passed

Come around to see if you’re as okay as you say

Answer questions you haven’t even asked

Look for stink where nothing’s dead or rotted

Seek a reaction, to gauge how much you care

Run and tell, once info’s been collected

Then you’ve got a messy person in your hair

If they:

Pretend they’re on your side of the issue

Are quite cozy-comfy with the enemy

Try their best to paint you into a corner

Make you think you never saw the stuff you see

If they’re adept at wearing many faces

And you’re never sure which version’s standing there

If the tracks of trouble’s origin leads back to them

Then, you’ve got a MESSY person in your hair.

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