Pages

Friday, September 12, 2014

If I can’t Tread on You, then don’t You Dare Judge Me

fuck the world, I’m done for today

                                                                                    and
                                                                                    when
                                                                                    I say

“the world,” I mean the people

                                    most of them think because they’re under a steeple

                                                                                    that
                                                                                    they’re
                                                                                    free
                                                                                    from
                                                                                    judgment
                                                                                    it’s okay
                                                                                    for them
                                                                                    to judge

because they took the sacrament – but not “the nudge”

                                    when asked to forgive they didn’t budge

                                                                                    they
                                                                                    knew
                                                                                    they
                                                                                   were
                                                                                   right

to be impolite so long as it wasn’t done in plain sight

                                    no need to ask forgiveness if it felt so right

                                                                                    not once
                                                                                    did they
                                                                                    think of
                                                                                    themselves
                                                                                    as “uptight”

it doesn’t really matter now if they took flight

                                    or if they took anything from anyone else who might

                                                                                    be a
                                                                                    threat
                                                                                    to their
                                                                                    way of life
                                                                                    without
                                                                                    any delight

so long as nobody who saw what was real

                                    calls them on their shit as if it was a big deal

                                                                                    no one
                                                                                    has the right
                                                                                    to judge them
                                                                                    even if they steal

what was meant for someone else, but still

                                    it was theirs to begin with (that’s how they feel)

                                                                                    fuck
                                                                                    the ones
                                                                                    who haven’t
                                                                                    enough
                                                                                    for a meal

as long as the righteously greedy get fed

                                    so long as they have a nice, cozy bed

                                                                                    fuck
                                                                                    everyone else,
                                                                                    they can all
                                                                                    drop dead

©September 11, 2014 – Tamara Imes-Nicholas

No comments: