knitting needles in eyeball

let's go do
karaoke tonight she
says to
you
while scanning
the paper
for places
to go.
I'd rather
stick knitting needles
into my
eyeballs
you tell her,
cringing at the idea
of singing
anywhere except
in the shower,
alone.
oh, you say that
about everything.
I'd rather stick needles
into my eyes.
no I don't. just
to things
that I really
don't want to do,
like going to your
mother's house,
or that indian
restaurant around
the corner,
and it's knitting
needles, not just
needles.
oh I see, she says.
I stand corrected
let me go
get my yarn
bag.