Off The Top

crazy person poem

 

it's time for the afternoon scream

fingernails on a blackboard

sirens and car alarms

the dirty look out of nowhere

 

it keeps you nerved up alive

always on your guard

sometime maybe this time

you could step right into it

 

always look both ways

eye contact could be fatal

falling objects are to be expected

resist the urge to run

 

they can't hear what you're thinking

can they? think again

it's almost over now

slow down slow down the heartbeat

 

you're going to make it now

nothing will happen today

but some day yes out of the blue

and then you'll be safe forever

 

safe oh yes please

safe...

 

 

Peter Buknatski

Montpelier, Vt