Trapped
(Shamrock the goat behind bars, University of Arizona farm, 2009) If only it were that easy- they give platitudes and advice that do nothing solve nothing offer no comfort. Stop jabbering SILENCE, please, in the peanut gallery Crazy people with foolish words dripping from their lips might as well be drooling fools consoling one another in a sanitarium pleased with their wit in their delirium Stand behind bars year after year with your soul wilting ears dead with Silence in answer to your every cry Pace a rut in the floorboards wracking your weary brain for ways out and then tell me how easy it is to be free describe what I'm doing wrong deride me for my bad attitude Unless you can open the doors for me Shut up or leave me be When the Judge himself has you trapped there is no escape