Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Special: retired diplomats

Today, mom told me we were moving
first through angry screams in a telephone,
then placidly, the anger under-skinned
as the plastic slipped her hands.

I felt the familiar cringe to mend
the knowledge pop's a stable man
who's held us up when we didn't have money.

"Where do you want to move, Payt?
I don't do anything right, Payt. ('I'm right.')
What do I do, Payt? What do I do!?"

I need a friend
I need a comforting person
I need a heart-half,
maybe a Schultz-hero
someone, though, please

don't make me go home
after school today,
do not make me play
the diplomatic board again...

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