please

2022

Please forgive me, my last meeting ran over
just cut off the dead ends, please
actually take a few inches off, I need to feel new
Please seat us now, I haven’t eaten all day
Please rip all the hair out of my body with scalding wax
it’s fine, I’ll wait

Please put away your clothes
brush your teeth
make your bed
bring your dishes to the sink
turn that off
Please don’t make me ask you again

Please go to sleep 
Please God let me fall back asleep 
Please let me sleep in for once in my life
Please let me have five minutes of peace
Please RSVP to my child’s birthday party
Please can you take her to that birthday party, so I don’t have to
Please let me focus
for just one more minute, please
turn up that song
light a fire
call the yard guys about that tree
pick up lightbulbs while you’re out
tell me what you want for dinner
take him to baseball 
water the plants, that one looks like it’s dying
Please grab the mail 
when you roll the trash cans out on Sunday

Please can you
tell me about your day, something more than “good”
babysit this Saturday 
explain myself to me, in this one hour we have set aside
Please tell me if I need to be worried about this mole
Please use that pink on my toes and the other one on my fingers 
Please don’t ask me how many drinks I have a week
does anyone answer that honestly
Please pay me what I’m worth
Please tell me I’m doing a good job

Please stop talking to me that way
Please stop talking
Please stop
Please