i am a short, fat & ugly boy --
the kind you would confuse w/ a troll.
like i should be waiting beneath a
swaying bridge, rickety & ancient.
crouching,
all conspirational-like,
covered in the dirt of ages,
waiting for billy-goats to pass.
such is the fate of an ugly boy --
a short, fat & ugly boy.
the one tossed from hand to hand
within the whirling circle of ridicule;
spot-lighted & famous, my 15 minutes
are spent staggering drunkedly,
pelted w/ nicknames...
in my story, the hunchback doesn't get the girl.
in my story, the girl is ethereal;
maturbation material i never made use of.
a hologram like so many other dreams,
mockingly out of reach.
stubby arms don't reach far --
any short, fat & ugly boy would tell you the same.
ours is not the fate of the frog prince,
to us no glory ascribed, rather
accursed existence on the sidelines,
here we shift our weight from
foot-to-foot & huddle, making cold slush
out of our own collected salt-water.
yes, we feel...
fumbling in the twilight darkness of obscurity
holding our hearts in our hands
because we can't afford compasses.
they tell us that we need none;
our place is an immobile one,
covered in the dirt of ages,
waiting for bully-goats to pass.
but...
be mindful, sons of security --
there just may come a day
when a nation of millions gathers
under that bridge.
be mindful that you are not
the b(i/u)lly goat crossing when
that mother gets tipped
just a little...
too...
far.