Paranoid

The neighbors walk in front of the door The wife disappears when she comes home Children become reticent Work piles up on the bed Night becomes a nightly thing Spirits drift out and in Sound from back and then the side Locked in mindless valentines Up at dusk, sleep all day Take a pill with mayonnaise Take a break, surf the net Turn in homework unrepentant Beautiful roses in the yard Sighting in a firearm Keep the kids away from harm Sweating over a monitor Drinking beer in darkness deep Only way to get asleep Sounds and voices and noises creep Check the padlock in my keep Magic mirror talks to me Twilight zone inside my scene Hands reach out to throttle me Endoscope squirts endlessly Up to play a video game Hat and mask and metal cane Chair scooting across the floor Not a raven nevermore Not a friend or foe or dame Not a dog or cat or waif Not the real thing or android Just a touch of paranoid