I cleverly crafted you into a hangman's noose, <br />And then I went and hung myself- <br />It's not your fault that I'm so clever; <br />Industrious even, at ruining my life <br />Because you were only doing what comes naturally <br />And nobody told me to pay attention, <br />Get my heart all trampled and sore <br />By someone who outclasses me, <br />By the mere act of taking in oxygen. <br />But humiliation is a tough chew <br />And revulsion is a heady scent: <br />I have hopes of survival now, <br />Though it will never be pretty again; <br />This still being alive- <br />When once I had hopes that <br />Finding myself beneath your notice, <br />I might just go ahead and die.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/clever-6/
