Wednesday, November 4, 2015

THE BRANCH ON WHICH WE'RE PERCHED

you'll have moments

in which you'll doubt your sanity


as your fellow creatures

run riot with their ignorance


and wreck everything they have

like the idiot who saws off the branch


he's perched on


and you'll say 'oh no not me!'

as your arm flexes with every stretch


of the saw and you'll find no one

on which to pass the blame


you are a part of your fellows

and all of us wonder what the upshot will be


when we drop like apples to the ground





Content (c) 2008-2015 Philip Milito.

No comments: