John Tzikas 2018 aka Tone Deaf Poet
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
