You want I should rhyme and write something lyrical <br />You want a poem about mending fences <br />And not constructing them <br />Preach to someone else my sweet <br />Of my abusive use of improper sarcasms <br />And aforementioned hit pieces of poetry and prose <br />I've stared down the barrel of a loaded gun before <br />They're only words not bullets I fire <br />If you are so offended by them then don't pluck out my eye <br />Close your own <br />For I try not to become defensive of what I write <br />When envious people like yourself take delight <br />In impugning my own self confessed crucifixions <br />You...poets of the heart and soul <br />Who write of rainbows and God's will <br />Angels who wear halos made from their own tarnished acclaim <br />Dually noted by the the anger in their pain <br />Impute me with your white picket fence <br />I bleed not for you but for myself <br />Drink of it if you like with your vampire needs <br />To feel superior over even the holier than thou <br />It is not my foot on which you step <br />It is my tongue with which I slur your precious name <br />As you do not yet know the difference <br />Between a fence and a cage...... <br /> <br />2007 © T Sheridan<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-m-no-robert-frost-and-this-ain-t-the-berlin-wall/
