Written as a raw account of a painful, one-sided relationship, megtheegg000's "blue jay" follows a speaker who keeps giving everything to someone who takes and offers little back. The opening suggests the partner loved the speaker at first, then "magpied" away their smile and sparkle, like a bird stealing shiny things. After that, the speaker is shut out, pushing love letters through the letterbox and squeezing through a warped cat flap, only to be insulted. Animal images run throughout: a starving cat, a dog that barks and yelps, treats tossed like scraps.
The mood is desperate, exhausted and increasingly frightened. Love is compared to addiction and poison, and the repeated colours blue and red, which pile up faster near the end, feel like flashing lights or a panicked mind. The closing lines are heartbreaking: the speaker imagines offering everything, even their own skin, but admits the door is lost. It suggests the speaker has said goodbye too many times to find a way back.