I have no time for the sideshow.
the flare and fire
nor the distraction
the night scares me.
alone, I sit
a bird in an invented cage
sandwiched between walls of concrete and steel
because it is not safe
to wander where the crickets sing
or follow the park paths through the bushes
or stand where the flourescent light floods
concrete parking lots
it is still not safe
please, continue to argue
about poles and morality
become the sideshow
pull the curtain
hide in the rhetoric and opinion
but don’t forget
it is still not safe
even between these walls.
~
lei fraser Sept 2016
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