Civility is a cruel master

Civility is a cruel master

locked up

would you care

to join me in my silence

my polished still acquiesence

locked up, like me

in a chamber of fury

every man

every woman

every child

my master

the meek suffer

and the brash inherit the earth

2/8/01

(There are definitely still times I wish I didn't have to be polite to people)