The Future Freaks Me Out
I was wronged by fate (or so it seemed)
clocked at over fifty mph.
Bored by books that weren’t so byzantine,
lunged at by the world.
I am wrenched from day to day on knotted string;
hollowed like a tree.
Corralled in a hangar and left to run around,
furrowed and gutted and stir-crazy.
I will be crushed by closing chords,
flourished by monkeys, traitors to their breed.
Besotted with science, with stars and the like
Honed in on nothing but fame.
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