Tonight's Poet Corner: So

So
by Belinda Roddie

She wanted to be a critic, so
she lambasted everyone and everything
she loved. So she lost all of her friends
in the process because they thought negativity
was the worst lens to see the world through. So
she began to criticize them more and claimed
that she saw things realistically. So she got a job
as a critic, so she was known for nitpicking
everything that people usually praised, so they
didn't take her reviews seriously. So she got
belligerent. So she started drinking. So she
hiccuped her cynical ballad as she fell asleep
outside her apartment with the key half-extended
from her blistered fingers. So the landlord kicked
her out. So she wandered. So she scathed. So she
dug herself a hole beside the railroad tracks and
stayed there, so she could curse the world for being
unkind to her cracked lens.