cylinder (Other) by kthulah
some ask me why my main pursuit
in life is not the goal
to fit into a size three suit
or be a better hole
for men to echo their regards
to beauty and to lust
which selfish duty then discards
and leaves a broken trust
some ask me why i wear the veil
despite my lack of faith
in magic demon gods for sale
$19.95 wraith
reserve the sight of my dear thighs
for those with whom i lie
denying the so gaudy eyes
and hording my supply
some then accuse me of affront
to some bizarre birthright
of access options for their shunt
to drain my inner light
and when denied or informed then
they claim my value none
tis strange to me most often when
they don't pursue this one
when i'm attempting to explain
they do not understand
and clinging to their mythos slain
they turn to curse my man
make him unhappy with his prize
they cannot even see
citing the best known to their eyes
comparing them to me
but looking at the flimsy scraps
of remnants of discards
a full hand's breadth between the gaps
if diamond but mere shards
imagining the how and why
not finding lives of toil
but choices based on averages
as heady as corn oil
a mix of pity and of fright
his sorrow for them shows
and though he tries to be polite
his passion must oppose
how can you not see their great pain
he asks the men of theirs
how can you put them through this game
of manufactured cares
and then from pity fright to love
he takes them in his arms
and says though i am taken still
i recognize your charms
and we together feed the starved
if nothing but our love
and whether bare of head or scarved
teach them to rise above
this game of beauty beaten down
until it's foil of tin
and but a mirror for a man
a cylinder of sin
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Arithmetic Mean: 7.6
Weighted score: 5.3099275
Overall Rank: 3585
Posted: August 23, 2002 5:10 AM PDT; Last modified: August 23, 2002 5:10 AM PDT
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