Framing Minds

from a cognitive constriction
rigidifying a world view
born from a misery in situ
immersed and raised in a family of it,
aged up like that. . .
matures hopelessness,
a lack of confidence,
a lack of trust;
an expectation of general failure,
discourse in the language of hatred. . .
  comfort in darkness, etc..
. . .
   kinda like a fella named Ed Kemper,
maybe like a lady named Aileen. . .
(ugh)
in unforeseen ways,
twisted brutal from darkness and manifested real;
incarnate without rules  -
(in ways that no one can take back)
so remember this. . .
always be nicer to your children,
or maybe, if you're an a*****e,
just don't f*****g have any;

                             (no one needs another Henry Lee Lucas)

Author's Note

Reviews

[AYVID N]

Aileen was failed by the society, is my impression. People may shout themselves hoarse, but the fact remains that they weren't in her shoes when some very s****y stuff was done to her in the formative years. She was quite happy to leave. People create monsters in their own kitchens & backyards sometimes and then run about screaming "murderer"

[Davidgeo]

Aileen was failed by society. That is not debatable. What she did was so far beyond the pale that their is no objectively rational excuse. She was a homicidal "monster", how she came to that point is something we must all come to grips with and hope to learn from. A little compassion in the beginning may have saved her life and all those she killed. But the day we don't vilify a serial killer is the day the justice system becomes irrelevant. Some things, you just can't do and remain a part of society.

[J. B.]

I really enjoyed the bluntness of this through use of colorful language. good work, buddy.

[Anthony (aka Mr.e)]

Such a powerful statement... Parents who never learned to love themselves will never be capable of loving anyone else, well said.

[Davidgeo]

Some people just get stuck in an adolescent frame of mind. Usually, I think, it is because they had to grow up too fast on account of not really having any sort of healthy parental guidance to begin with. Kinda like bringing a minor league prospect into the majors before they're ready; they might learn how to get by but only at the expense of their confidence and potential.