Green-Eyed Monster

we look at the trapezoid

or the parallelogram or

the rectangle or

the saucepan or

the skin blister

we call home

and we confirm

our own biases

about how its

the best place

to be

some probably

call it a minor

form of patriotism

or what have you

some simply call it

homegrown pride

the insiders make

the grass sound

greener than

it really is

green is just a

mixture of blues

and yellows

depression added to cowardice

to create a green-eyed monster

are the insiders

portraying truth

or just a really

well-disguised

jealousy that

festers beneath?

who really knows?

grass is the shade

of babyshit brown

in the deep winter

after all

and sometimes even

in the summers

location is moot

and only the

metaphor takes

precedent

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"grass is the shade of babyshit brown in winter"

such truth...

i like the cynicism here...we sometimes think our own grass is greener because maybe our eyesight and our insight is lacking...

we are patriots with poor metaphorical bias...

nice write...on to more.

[Kenneth The Poet]

thanks again, sir!