The Jail Bird
My room has been my prison cell
many a day
lying, sitting, sweating, crying
it takes me at every turn
alone, unkept
a pig stay with no pigs
not eve a sound
except keys and cans
echoing across 4 corners
my sad little prison
my dog, the guard
her collar jingles like the
tempo of a baton across spaced
Iron, grinning like terrible teeth
in the night
the door is closed
and I sit, looking for any exit
the window?
to far, the knob?
to much work
I lay, I sleep, at, type this poem
Repeat, the cycle of the prison
Copyright © Colin Amato | Year Posted 2009
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