This Ain't no TikTok

She watched me from the bed

I told her I'm going to need more than fifteen seconds

to one minute

to show her who I am in the morning

this ain't no TikTok

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She watched me pace the room

as the coffee started to brew

I told her I needed to get everything

moving in the morning

get the juices flowing

*

I needed for her to see me

as I truly am

no artifice

nothing to obscure her view

of who I was

*

And I stood before her

and let her see me in a way

that no one had ever seen before

revealed to the core

and she knew this as she looked at me

*

And I looked down

to find I was standing in a puddle of warm coffee

for I had forgotten to put the pot back in the coffeemaker

and she laughed and said she'd help me clean it up

I said, "This still ain't no Tiktok."