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Bad Attitude

Irresistable Farce

By Gerard DiLeoPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read
Bad Attitude
Photo by Andre Hunter on Unsplash

That's it, I'm done!

Malleable no more.

The charges all were set

The day I was bore.

.

The tripwire strung

Th'day I was retrieved,

So violently the day

My placenta was cleaved.

.

One side, world!

I'm coming through.

Anemic or not,

Nothin' n'one can do.

.

L'il 'plosions gonna blast

Africates to Smith'reens.

The fuse hisses sibilant

By the friction it deems.

.

Scratch me off the fuckin' list!

Consider me nil, nul, and nailed;

I abdicated my membership

Soon as the resta my world bailed.

.

We juggernauts with heavy feet

Self-appoint our right-of-way,

So I can drive on the right or the left

Postin' mail'n full battle array.

.

Speed is a breed where

I pass on the right;

Run, off the road, 'cause

Might makes fright.

.

Intersections have rules

For everyone 'cept me;

They just don't apply

Through my wake of debris.

.

Yellow winks caution;

Red means go!

You can't stop now;

I won't go slow.

.

I live just to die

And I'll die when that be,

And I'll take as many as can,

In my way, in front of me.

performance poetryMental Health

About the Creator

Gerard DiLeo

Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

Make me rich! https://www.amazon.com/Gerard-DiLeo/e/B00JE6LL2W/

My substrack at https://substack.com/@drdileo

[email protected]

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    Written by Gerard DiLeo