Submissions by cjflier

Rats in a cage
chickens in a maze
nervous twitches
I'm in stitches
barnyard animals
running
thrashing
leaping
crashing
heads cut off
chasing tails
licking the hands
    that feed what ails
blind bat
fat cat
plow horse
just sheep, of course.
When do we start being
    HUMAN?!

Hypocrisy blankets the world
Like fondant on a cake.
Looking smooth and smelling sweet;
Kneaded and shaped by the
    Master Bakers' hands.
On Society,
They place it with care.

Pretty it appears.
Pastel colors, pretty flowers.
Pretty ribbons.
Pretty bows.
Added as confusion;
(Shh, nobody knows).

Open mouths gape wide,
And wide eyes stare.
Dazzled by the craftsmanship;
Marveling with awe, the sugary
    confection,
Eager to gobble the Masters' conceptions.

But it's a sheet of fat! ...

Is it fear?
Fear of getting too close,
Fear of not getting closeness in return?
Fear of looking weak in the face
    of others?
Is it fear of the unknown?
Is it fear of dying? Or dying before
    I know the unknown?
(Is there an unknown, or is the unknown
    unknowable?!)
What do I fear?
Is it the fear of finding we have
    no purpose...I have no purpose?
What is our point?
Fear translates to anger.
I am angry at everything!
I fear everything!
I fear life!
I fear death!
I fear being loved!
I...

I look at the church
with it's glorious steeple;
I open the door
and see all the sheep

sitting up straight
all neat in their rows;
with the wolf at his pulpit
I stand there and weep.