Complex Numbers

Selfish Man

PROMPT January 26

Yesterday was Opposite Day!

Today I want you to take an opposite point of view.

Imagine a place you go to regularly - they gym, your regular coffee shop, wherever you choose. Take up the POV of the person at the counter, the bike across from you, any one person you choose.

What's your first impression of yourself?

Is it the real you or one you plan and project?

Well, about the only place I go to regularly these days is the gym. Yeah, I know -- not "a bar." Well, the theme is "opposite day."

So the chick at the gym's front desk:

"Oh hey, it's Waltz again. He's so dedicated! And built. 'Hi, how's it going?' Oh, he's just smiling and nodding again. The strong, silent type. I like that. I'm just going to ignore all my duties and watch him. That long hair looks really good on him. And the goatee - every woman's dream! He's getting on the elliptical trainer again. Consistency - always a plus. I'm just going to stand here and watch his ass. It's a nice ass. And he's always watching something on his phone while he works out. I should make videos so he can watch me while he works out...

"Now he's going over to the weight machines. What amazing strength and power! I bet he could bench-press me. That would be nice. Or maybe we could have a drink first. Yeah. He's always wearing a tight shirt with a beer on it to display his bulging biceps. I bet he likes beer. That's so sexy!"

...or, well, you know, it being Opposite Day and all, just reverse all of that, and that's what she's really thinking.

I don't eat, I just devour, everyone in every hour
All is me, is all I need and that's all that I care
Propelled through all this madness by your beauty and my sadness
I'll never change or rearrange till I've finished what I've started

And life leads me here
It showed me I have never really loved no one but me
Like the time, you slipped through my hand
I'll never understand why I'm such a selfish man