crying silently in a haven of disgust
won�t they see as I see?
They cannot view themselves nor I
Lives but of thin smiles and pale lived-in skin
the skin of fearsome
Rejected sorry stares twitching inside of them
Oh �
a wave of stale air
stench of emotion
heat upon my legs
dry cracked obscure pain
of this haven of disgust
absence of color
Question?
A thousand black steps
I cannot escape
I only cock my head
myopic wandering among the parents
hide your children away
I�m sorry for my cheap corduroy
Forgive me
II
Or spurn me! Thrust me
out into the heat of the crap!
The cold of the common left behind.
But anything�s better than this.
Crying silently these lips
stuck shut with thick saliva
of a mouth unused for ages
III
The trash can tries to fly away.
Like me
Like me