Centrelink General Waiting Area

I've been all alone and talking to myself again
It soothes, and people (me) listen
I can work the room
Another relationship failure
'You're so incredibly fucking selfish'
Centrelink is an awful place
A front for criminals and evil-doers
The Damned Don't Cry
(Both the 1955 Joan Crawford movie
And the 1982 song by Visage)
'No you're not listening still…
How do you think your behaviour affects other people?'
The security guard is the friendliest person in here
The dark humour of this shithole
'An average human's ashes fit into a shoebox,
But don't inform the local council where you scatter them'
Why would Centrelink still have a landline phone on every desk?
That implies they still answer the fucking things
But the damned really don't cry
Not in a place like this
'A lot of kids feel sad a lot' I once advised
I got in trouble for that from the concerned parent
As if it isn't true
In the end I told the now ex to get fucked
And am determined to embrace celibacy-I'm done
Not complete celibacy-once I finish my solitary monologue
With the curtains pulled back
Weary, alone and somewhat afraid
I might try to work the room again