the old farmer sez,
“if you want to keep a few cows,
put an electric fence around your
yard. after they’ve been shocked
once or twice, you won’t need the
electricity, or even the fence.”
if i try to dance
the body sez
“no.”
can’t touch my toes.
can’t remember why.
if i turn towards a woman
in a bar or on the subway, my
voice won’t speak.
when i will break the pattern of over
working every day, i hit my head
on an invisible wall of
glass & bleed from the
inside.