To My Foul Self
Full stop. You are less than nothing. Get off your donkey of pride!
You are only a tiny fly, in eagles' realm don't reside!
Hear what I say! I'm not your foe. I'm your second self, dear fool.
How long do you want to go on saying things unjustified?
Why don't you give up this habit of taking all your clothes off
At seeing spoonfuls of water when you are not qualified
Even for the job of swimming? I'm deeply ashamed of you.
When do you learn, you foul creature, it's me that people will chide?
A little knowledge is dangerous. Yet you show you're a know-all.
You're a fool and hence free, of course; for you people tan my hide.
It's only for your lunacy that I've suffered all my life,
For your silliness I have sighed, for your foolishness I've cried.
To such a stinky rat as you why am I doomed to be tied?
Have you left anywhere for me, O fool, on this earth to hide?
4.25.2012
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