Help me?
You think I don’t want help.
Not true.
It’s the help that’s on offer.
The one that assumes.
Doesn’t ask.
Won’t adapt.
Just gets to work.
We’re not all nails.
Stop showing up with a hammer.
Then: teacher, soldier, corporate shill, idealist with a mortgage. Now: Writer? Until recently, most of that’s been emails.
You think I don’t want help.
Not true.
It’s the help that’s on offer.
The one that assumes.
Doesn’t ask.
Won’t adapt.
Just gets to work.
We’re not all nails.
Stop showing up with a hammer.