Chekhov's Hangnail - Martha

Well, I’ve never been any good at poetry

And I stumble over words from time to time

But tempted by a hangnail, I once flayed my middle finger

Butchered cuticles stain the page like wine

Count the digits, how unsuitable are mine?

When it rains, well, it really fucking pours

And we made waves, but did my screaming drown out yours?

Now here we are, mixing metaphors

And sometimes, it might seem that we lost the battle

But if no one wins the war, then, why keep score?

Everything is mediocre, I’m bored and nothing satisfies

An existential crisis mix-tape on repeat until I die

Left decomposing on the floor, this routine’s awful for my posture

Looking 'round for something more, sure that I’d lost you

When it rains, well, it really fucking pours

And we made waves, but did my screaming drown out yours?

Now here we are, mixing metaphors

And sometimes, it might seem that we lost the battle

But if no one wins the war, then, why keep score?

It might seem that we lost the battle

It might seem that we lost the battle, yeah

It might seem that we lost the battle

It might seem that we lost the battle, yeah

It might seem that we lost the battle

It might seem that we lost the battle, yeah

It might seem that we lost the battle

It might seem that we lost the battle, yeah

It might seem that we lost the battle

It might seem that we lost the battle, yeah

It might seem that we lost the battle

But if no one wins the war, then, why keep score?