I feel like we should all be able
To hold up little signs above our heads
1-10, an average scale
To prevent us from ever having to answer
This stupid, overasked
Meaningless (asking for lies)
Question ever again.
Then again, we’d probably
Need to find a way to lie
About how ‘well’ we’re doing
Because let’s be real, nobody
Asks this question because
They care to know how you are,
Just ‘polite’ passive-aggressive callouts.
Honestly, I’d prefer to be honest
90 percent of the time
Let everyone see how tired and struggling
I can be while looking
The best I’ve seemed
Or how amazing I feel
When I’m not put together at all.
Once we finally break past
The pointless pleasantries of society
And accept the real answers from people
The question of
“How are you doing today?”
Would take on far more meaning
Than the trivial five seconds we give it.