Tom Bell Poet Bio

How I Get

I get cranky,
I get dumb,
I get times,
I wish,
My tongue was numb.

Later on,
I see my folly,
I cringe and think,
I should have held
Back that volley...

I'm only human,
I make mistakes,
I wish I didn't,
For heaven's sakes...

But it is what it is,
I am what I am
And though I'd guess,
Most don't give a damn...

I wake, I walk
I sleep, I talk,
I wonder what
The next hour
will bring,
And all I can do...
Is for my hope
for me to cling

So, when I do
something ill-thought-out,
I can assure you,
with no doubt...
I never mean to hurt
anyone...
I'm not quite that 
much a lout.

It's but the
brain dead walking,
The stupid man
talking...
I can but try to
refrain,
From my path
insane.

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