the spacious room,
the peeling walls,
it all surpasses me;

a girl who slides
across the room-too
careful of her image
wrapped into her skirt

i know i am a lost cause;
a Baptist Reject and my
father's favourite subject to
shun

i understand these people, and
why they wish to become
their parents-

How I wish i could
save them from their
Mental Hell and

promises sold at cost-
like some kind of sale on
broken vows;

teach a passionless
way to experience
the things they've worked so hard for

and make it
seem Exceptional;

an extra-sensory
belief system
that shouldn't be
so pre-packaged

and Shiny.
It shouldn't be so
Attractive.

*Copyright, 2001