Awful things happen
When your eyes are closed.
People get hurt
Mishaps happen.
Upon waking
Fear courses through you.
Did you actually hear that thump
Or was it just your brain playing tricks on you?
Only one way to find out
As you stumble out of bed
And run down the stairs
To make sure everyone is okay.
Please.
I would like some time to myself.
I do not need you looking over my shoulder.
Watching me.
It is very annoying.
So please.
Go away.
Tell me
Can you?
What does it mean
when 3 beings
hold you upside down?
All the stories
of space and imagination
Will soon be forgotten
as the future holds sway.
Or just plain old wiring.
You know it is a bad sign
when you can only run
this appliance and not that one
at the same time’
without the breaker blowing.
Hence electricity bills skyrocket.
It is too bad
I am the only one
who likes them.
Then again,
it means
I don’t have to share.
When Yummy in the Tummy
turns out to be
Bums are dumb
As you sit on the porcelain throne
In exhausting agony.
No one in the house drinks Pepsi.
It is kept for that special guest.
He loves the soda.
Maybe
A little too much.
But when he comes over
I always try to make sure
I have his favorite beverage on hand.
Or is it a bairn?
Sometime type of free flow association.
Maybe it’s a warning?
Or merely my mind floating helplessly?
Hah brains are the weirdest things!
BRAIN!
That’s it!
I have a Free Range Brain!
The gravesite is a place of memorial.
The fast-food joint is for dinner.
The school is for learning.
The home is for protection and comfort.
My home is under the bridge next to a cemetery.
How can I help someone
when they refuse to be accountable
for all the troubles they cause?
Swearing only makes things worse.
Yet yelling makes the tears flow
and bad feeling come out.
Can the argument have been avoided?
Probably.
But right now, frustration
has let all these emotions loose.
Patience and tolerance
can only take you so far.
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