Call Yourself

Once you call yourself some kind
of Titled Thing or call yourself
a cab in a rush not to be late for some kind
of dinner, well then, you've got
your work cut out for you,
don't you, Smart Guy.
And someday, somebody's gonna
crack you open and take
a good, long look
just so nobody calls them judgemental.
And they're gonna get out a red pen
and underline all over your insides,
Smart Guy, gonna scribble little
notes all up in your margins
fill you up with their ideas about what
you mean.
Someday, that cab's gonna crash,
Smart Guy, and your ghost
gonna go hungry
and cold.


...
yeah. i realize most of these have been downers lately.
for some reason that's the kind of tone my work has taken
over the last few months. sorry.
-andy