Draft Day

to speak in the way i most commonly do
would be rude, and confusing
for to the best of my knowledge you are not a young baseball player
regardless
you have something of a low ceiling
but i am your floor, so to speak
to speak in a way i seldom do
would be rude, and confusing
for my language would be imprecise
so it may seem i don't take you totally seriously
and i don't work at home depot anymore
nonetheless
i am your floor, so to speak
and you are staining me
to speak on the pertinent experience i presently own
is common courtesy among petty liars
you are maybe a little too untroubled by stepping on me
and
perhaps too worried over the particular shade of my veneer
to each i say
respectively, but not respectfully so much as cautiously
your carelessness can't portend even the extent of our time together
but my finish won't last even the most marginal of epochs
you project, at best, as a third starter on a contender
but you don't know what the fuck that means
and i'm ready to let you make me forget
better to bear your brushstrokes than your footprints