Missing all Appointments

We grubbers. We opportunists. We hunters-after-favours. We crawlers. We scum of the earthers. We beggars. We low-lifes. Under everyone’s feet!

We whiners. We witless. We vacant. We special needers. We clueless. We missers of cues. We never quite listening. We never quite getting it. We out of all loops.

We too dispersed. We too vague. We not concentrating enough. Not focused enough. We not sharp enough. We always too blurry. Too daydreamy. Too woolgathery. Too floaty.

We not quite up to it. Lacking something – not sure exactly what. Missing something. Some level of intelligence. Like a phantom limb. A phantom brilliance. A phantom genius.

We who missed the mark, and all marks. We who needed things explained to them too many times. We never knowing what we were doing. We never quite there. We never where we were supposed to be. We missing all appointments.