Nothing to See Here (May 2020)
Waiting for My Cue
Just you pay me no mind, I'm best ignored.
Leave me to sit here, and try to forget me if you can. I know I'm alluring, my curves oiled and beguiling, my sleek darkness ever drawing your eye. But really there's no attraction. I'm just minding my own business, and I don't want your attention.
Instead, look over there, to where the true excitement is. Where tempers are simmering, about to boil over. Where accusation and recrimination fly free as sin.
So, just you pay me no mind. It's only little old me, Chekov's Gun. There's nothing to see here. I'm reasonably certain that many people have done something similar to this, and done so much more eloquently. But I like it, so there.