Innocents

sometimes i just cup
my ears, pretend not to
hear
all the horribles
people who supposedly love
each other
say to each other:

the hustle of
the vanities,
even worse,
the dingobats
so
superficially:

they draw a line,
drag us
this way and that,
threaten to kill
the other in
discrete ways,
make us
nervous, even
a bit
psychotic:
that's why i like sports
'cause it's just
so simple, something to
do, even creative
when Kobe
or Jordan play,
it's almost like ballet:

i
study when the fighting is downstairs,
when the dishes are
hurled this way and that,
i study,
i blink, i close
my eyes
and sleep,
sink
dinkatydink:

I am the center of my
parents attention
'cause they can't stand each
other,
but when they see my achievements,
they forget
their hate:
HATE is the most prejudiced thing in the
world,
as unhealthy as cigarettes,
poisonous as
carbon monoxide,
almost famous: