Help Me


from the ABC set Poems 1

Do you really want to help me?

Then you will have to lie.

Imply that you have walked in my shoes.

It’s about listening;
becoming my friend;
getting down with the kids: ”so to speak.”

Be interested, In...

ME!

And don’t even THINK about speaking your mind!
You’ll alienate me.

It wouldn’t take a lot to ruin this.

I’m like a fire cracker!
But you already know that... don’t you!

How long will it be before you say what you really mean?

How long before you explain that I AM to blame?

To blame for my OWN problems!

My OWN situation!

And how will you word it, whilst tip toeing through the broken glass?

FUCKING SOCIAL WORKER...

YOU CAN’T HELP ME!

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