Parade Watcher

10 Feb 92

         Parade Watcher

Castigation -                    psychologic crucifixion
We're standing here watching          witness to
         a continuous spectacle          irrational inanity
Epitome of human folly          ostentation exhibition
         in a train                    on display

Trepidation -                    apprehensive hesitation
I want to reach out and          desire unto
         grasp your waist          amatory reassurance
But something is wrong here          modern social violation
         for I cannot                    denied

And gratitude -                    just one sigh of relaxation
You've focused my attitude          crystal now
         enough to let me revel          clear objective exultation
In public's common circumstance          seven hundred club addiction
         ignorance                    pre-mortem affliction

And our contempt -                    guilt-defiant managed anger
For all these unthinking getalong          sing-song
         wind-up humans          pity us our lame excuses
Children of a clown long dead          society's fantastic hell
         living in their heads                    alive and well