LOST GENERATION

Oh, hi.

No, don't bother

don't get up.

No, we haven't met

but you know me just the same.

I am the beta dog

the ugly sister's date

I am the one you don't know

barely recognize

I am the Richard you make Robert

or vice versa.

No, don't worry about it.

I'm not hurt

not insulted.

I know the score

know how it is

know my place in the universe.

I'm the middle child

the forgotten son

doing similar work to the prodigal

but never rewarded quite so well.

I am of the lost generation

though I've never actually gone missing.

I've always been right here

right beneath you

right under your nose.

Which is why you needn't get up to greet me.

I've been here all along.

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