c'mon mr. roberts
exit peacefully
go away
you have turned me into someone despicable
so i beg you please
go away go go go
he's so loud and obnoxious
fat egotistical pig
they whispered, these two girls
and i heard them
c'mon mr. roberts
let me be me again
fly out of my head
let go off me
i beg you please
how did i become this beast
that looks back at me
from a dirty window pane
a.j. bates (New London, CT, 1986)
