Peeves


There are just some things that
Seem to peeve me,
Like
People who bite into Kit Kats
Without breaking them
Or
People who pick all the seeds off of strawberries
Before eating them—
Those are certainly
Great pet peeves of mine.

And those are not my only peeves.
I get annoyed, feel a hot anger rise in my chest
And my face curve into a frown of disapproval
When 
People are hypocritical and annoying
And contradict precisely what they just said
And
When people mold their personalities
To fit what other people expect of them
Also
When people are fake with me—
Those are certainly
Dreadful pet peeves of mine.

Not that peeves are meant to be kept as pets, though!
They can get quite testy
When tested multiple times.
If you do decide to keep a peeve for a pet,
Then I recommend
Staying as far away from it as possible
And giving it space—
Otherwise it might peeve you
Worse than it did in the first place.


What are your pet peeves?

Silent Wolf

MA

19 years old

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