I am am a parody of me
dressed in your confetti,
I drink to being feeble and weak
Could I make you laugh, this time?
Would I be better this way,
a glass in hand and foot displaced,
would you laugh just to give me a break?
Slither of it up my sleeves,
my chest feels bare and I’m scared
could you just acknowledge me,
tell me I’m not a freak?
I leave prints
sliding down walls
craving doorknobs to another place
no rattles, no, no searching for me.
Could you just see the monkey and her cymbal,
the seal and her horn,
a solo-spectacular, set to silent,
for all the noise I think I’m making,
could you just hear me out?
