Rattled Cage by John Tzikas

 

RATTLED CAGE

 

 

 

Angry young man you’ll have to wait

 

the heartache stories are all the same,

 

they all spill onto a different stage as

 

the sophisticated crowd chews you away

 

 

 

Ran to  my usual hiding place

 

Hired hands bailed the hay

 

Sometimes I convinced myself

 

My enemies would vanish into space

 

If I closed my eyes throughout my childhood days

 

 

 

I was taught the value of a hard work from

 

An early age, but never became your classic

 

Nine to fiver, the tarot reader stoked my repressed memories

 

Hey you’re a survivor, broke through the rattled cage of a

 

An aspiring reformer

 

 

 

I also remember dad flipped over

 

December’s phone bill, yeah the old guy

 

Tore a strip, John why

 

Can’t you try to be normal

 

For a change