*** Bulgarian (n): awkwardness, discomfort, embarrassment

1.  people

It’s 12 a.m.

rule out a real orgasm
when you’re doing the absolute wrong thing 

it’s gloomy outside again
the noise off the road in my head

I speak low and stammer
because embarrassment

I walk into the store at 7 a.m.

2.  my afternoon

No one is here at 3 p.m.
the stores are far from me

So are people and someone 
I don’t hope to see, sees me

I speak low and stammer
with spaces wide as ocean liners

Off the phone at 6

3.  bed

I’ve apologized awkwardly
for being weird

No one I speak to will absolve me 
or tell me I have sinned

Therefore I have no friends

It’s 12 a.m.