keep your neckline high

keep your neckline high

A Poem by Jay Bailey

I feel the rot in everyone around me
Like it was my own rot
I feel like a live wire
Picking up frequencies and amplifying them
All these people are a wreck
But so am I
So why do I feel different than them
Why do I feel odd even to the odd
I no longer have any need for other people in my life
Humans are complicated and emotional tornadoes
You get sucked in if you aren't smart and cautious
I feel like I'm a lone survivor in a zombie apocalypse
I have to watch these things moan and drag their feet
I just want to put a bullet in all their heads
But I am not a killer
And I don't own a gun
I feel like I will be an outsider for the rest of my life
That it's not up to me
And this is just my place that I was put in by life
Yet it feels so lonely
But there's no one I want to be around
I'd rather be lonely than bored by someone else
Than irritated that they are still here
I'd rather suffer than pretend

© 2016 Jay Bailey


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-- wow... these were the thoughts that drove me to live in near-complete isolation for several years... but i was never able to articulate them so precisely and so powerfully... -- then, suddenly, i met someone (last year in may) who changed the way i experience life and society...

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Jay Bailey
Jay Bailey

Syracuse, NY



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i tend to be a loner, distracted in crowds. cursed with being tall while feeling small in my head and wanting to be able to hide but i stand out too much. active musician, horrible misanthrope, quiet .. more..

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