Horror Author
why is it so easy to build,
this wall that surrounds me.
why are so many willing to
give bricks to help it rise?
to make it thicker and harder
to enter, or escape –
i was willing to give so much,
but no one could return
or wanted to give back to me.
no one wants what i have.
so i will continue to build
this emotional tomb,
rusting away; feeding on hate
She sits there quietly
as if She’s waiting for something
perhaps someone
She reads to pass the time
no one else around Her has a book
they are occupied by other things
She is alone with a book
the book loses Her gaze now and then
when someone passes by
as if She’s waiting for someone
a sigh of impatience
a glance at the time
what is She waiting for
perhaps even She doesn’t know
She continues reading
while life passes by
some say obesity is a disease.
if this is true, than perhaps
stupidity too is a disease.
a disease of the mind like schizophrenia.
is there any medication for those
afflicted with the Stupid?
it used to be natural selection,
but modern science has eradicated
this cure and discovered unnatural Engineering.
the Stupid Disease grows more malignant
through genetics and childhood influences.
with its continuous, rapid growth
it is impossible to quarantine.
even public officials have been diagnosed.
the sad truth of the problem is
there is no cure and no hope for survival
James Pack 