HumanPhobic

Goodies & Weasels

Homophobic, sure.
Xenophobic
Misanthropic
Misogynist
Racist
Solipsist
Narcissist:
some redundancy
in all these ics and
ists & it amounts to
fundamental Fear &
Hate & welcome to
the First Church of
the Crippled & any
one can join once
outed & the cover-
up's no longer
adequate: leaking
limp and lame
shall enter first;
no  talk of golf or
coming out parties
of the debutante
kind;  potluck
suppers  & holy
smoking  prayer
meetings  possibly
with plenty of coffee

Hello, I'm  Sam:
hate-ist
addicted  to fear,
sealed into to my
bubble-self for sure—
box, cave, culture,
custom, convention,
closet —bad listener
enthralled by my pond-
image man in the mirror
convinced it's all you
& you & you & not
me I see. .

We can talk.
I'm out; I'd pretend not
if I  could get away with
it more time after time
covering  up my cripple
creek & make nice if it
weren't obvious how
much I fear and so, of
course, hate.  My  bad
as they say. Undeniable.

You got a problem with
that too?  Ya'll come back,
you hear: crippled, cracked
& crazed, stunned & stunning,
pre-requisite for Stupid Club:
My Church of the Hobble-de-
Hoy.

Not for every body and you
may not be for every body
either I don't blame you
See: right there—. Homo-
Phobic.

xxxooo, Young Goodman Brown