in the chaos of life
it's easy and understandable
our yearning for neatness & perfection
well-behaved children
parroting parents
exactly replicated
cloned harlequins
unblemished mannequins
jerking puppets on a string
in the white and virginal snow

snow is cold
virgins are boring

give me the beauty of imperfection
keep your tranquillizers
i want to live
& hear the laughter in my soul
at the sight of
a cross-eyed cookie-crumbled
chocolate-smeared snot-covered
child

 

 

 

 

published in Snot Magazine