
Leslie Crews
Fools Game [Free Verse Poem]

Wanting to emote
But this phone routinely changes messages to duck
Instead of __
Perhaps it knows I'm trying to change my ways
Or maybe its a sign that the new wave and internet craze
Should refrain from things that make annoyance
and frustration most aggressively understandable
Maybe technology is telling me the words that I use will live on beyond
the era of Twitter fingers and coded Facebook posts
I'll stick with
what the... duck
As I non-aggressively scream it to the millions of people who struggle to get out of bed
Yet find delight in reminding us that
We are not like Them
Covered in a chameleon cloak
Conforming to sameness
With painted smiles and heart-eyes
Thinking they are blameless
in the demise of the many,
that are reportedly few
Citing "misfortune" in excuse for abuse
Decisions must be made
Uncomfortable discussions of truth
To reverse what was never made right
And persuade the foolish to release their identities as fools