Dogs 2019


OBVIOUS ATROCITIES
(7/22/19)
Brother Bollocks
was never
fooled
not as
a young
child
not as
a distracted
teen
not as
a drunken
adult
they may
have thought
that they had
him figured
contained
marginalized
but he was
merely
playing along
attempting
to avoid
any societal
friction
smiling
saying
doing
the right
things
Brother Bollocks
now lives quietly
amongst them
but not
as one
of them
he has
dropped
most pretense
maintaining only
a minimal disguise
of familiarity
in order
to move about
undetected
unrecognized
unfettered
he is
a ghost
haunting
their
world
laughing
from the shadows
from the extremities
of their supposed
reality
accepting
only what
he needs
to maintain
of his corporal
existence
but
no longer
putting his
soul
at risk
Brother Bollocks
has died
to their world
resting
within the
peace
of his beating
heart