Flames
1997

"SINCE YOU OBVIOUSLY PREFER SOMEONE ELSE'S OPINION OVER MINE,"
shouted the e-mail message to someone else
copy to me
"YOU CAN JUST DISCUSS THIS WITH HER,"
it continued
no doubt her is me
"AND I THINK YOU ARE HARRASSING ME,"
the sender was at a full rolling boil
I don't want to discuss this with anyone
"YOU ARE PURSUING ME RELENTLESSLY, LIKE A GAME OF CAT AND
MOUSE,"
too bad
the ice cubes I drop in have no effect
"WHILE OFFERING NO PRAISE FOR ME TAKING ON THIS PROJECT IN THE
FIRST PLACE,"
but the oil the recipient drizzles in
does