working guy
Rolls up his sleeves.
He’s ready to work.
Thoughts unsheathed.
He’s hunting perks.
End of the day.
I want to go home.
I’ve worked my fingers
To the bone.
He’s walking at random.
Imagining a score.
He’s coming to settle.
I close my door.
He’s got earthquake eyes.
My walls start shaking.
Got fireball eyes.
My brains start baking.
He’s got slippery eyes.
Slide under my door.
Got piercing eyes.
Bore through my floor.
He’s got x-ray eyes.
Can see the score
Card of my brain
And even more
He’s threatened to tell
All I’ve been thinking.
Says he sees all,
All the dirty rotten stinking
Thoughts in my mind
About him and his kind.
Like the time
He made truth tell a lie.
Like the time
He made happiness cry.
Like the time
He made hello say good-bye.
Like the time
He made liveliness die.
Like the time
He made poverty buy.
Like the time
He made silence say hi.
Like the time
He made laughter sigh.
Like the time
He wouldn’t let effort try.
Like the time
He wouldn’t let an idea fly.
Like the time
He made integrity play in traffic.
Like the time
He took fairness out with his racket.
Like the time
He made honesty take off its jacket
At twenty below
In all that snow.
Made the poor boy go
Clear the street
So he could meet
The woman he beats
With the thoughts in his head
With the words in his mouth
With the pen in his hand
With the soles of his feet.
Makes sure it’s discrete
By closing the door
To the blind eyes of justice
Who can’t see the shaking,
Who can’t see the baking,
Who can’t see the door,
Who can’t see the floor,
Who can’t see the score
Card of his brain.
I go insane.
But he says it’s ok
In the end it’ll pay
Tomorrow’s day will prove
It’s all an economy move.
He was brought to trial.
By ten women with volition
Proved his vile bias
Against women with ambition.
Got out of it though.
Said, “Misogynist? Hell no!”
Used hidden camera photos to show
With no sign of contrition
When he solemnly said
I love women
In every position.
Next Monday at work
He got the owners’ response
(Supported by their dog and personal physician).
An envelope with a blank check
And a note saying,
He could have any position.