Slept rotten
inside
your anger

every hour
reminder

up early
out the door
scared to see
you after

 

• • •

 

Not letting
it get
me down
it getting
me down

 

• • •

 

Toxic life ingredients

everything has
something in it
too integral
to be excised

This poem
is didactic
in essence

but should end

Give the kid a bear.