Playground
piped down and strangled
the laughing masses
teaching me humility
teaching me to be afriad
i withdraw
and wipe the stains of mockery away
and in so doing i let them become right
their plastic crayon fist
crushes my sense of determination
i become maleable
and the surface changes
to fill the mold set aside
tidal urgency protests
but contained and stifled
until it destroys me from inside
no oppressors
no tormentors
no one to blame
i have killed myself
All words copyright 2002 josh loughrey and the pancreatic aardvarks. Try to, just
try to take it! where would you take it? nowhere, and that is sad.