Peep
Smooth, crisp glides
And green all around.
Pound, pound, pound
Do not look up
From the ground.
Leaves and twigs and now not so green,
Not so smooth.
No now not so nice.
Crunch crunch crunch
The sounds not only mine.
What happened?
This tangy taste of guilt could
Choke me.
Where have I been
Why am I here
Why was everything before
Just
So
Green?
Back then the world was my--
What was it? My marshmallow?
Puffed up and blank,
So sickeningly sweet
It was sour.
A taste of soggy, sardonic sugar,
Artificial and cunning--
Now all I know
Is running.
And green all around.
Pound, pound, pound
Do not look up
From the ground.
Leaves and twigs and now not so green,
Not so smooth.
No now not so nice.
Crunch crunch crunch
The sounds not only mine.
What happened?
This tangy taste of guilt could
Choke me.
Where have I been
Why am I here
Why was everything before
Just
So
Green?
Back then the world was my--
What was it? My marshmallow?
Puffed up and blank,
So sickeningly sweet
It was sour.
A taste of soggy, sardonic sugar,
Artificial and cunning--
Now all I know
Is running.