Excellent pity poem Selections For Book Project : Superfluous Length by michaelcahill

Superfluous Length     if I kid myself why do I not laugh   over the tree tops love tickles the nose of the smiling giraffe spindly legs see no reason to rest when walking on air   with flair, I walked the forest yes, aware that ne'er a creature moved with grace so grand the land was mine   and each day was the next day so, the story went and one was like the other and like the ones I'd spent I'd always waken bright to find another had been sent and to this day it's so I know that nothing's changed or rearranged my world in any way today's today another day like any day   but you don't see me like they saw me do you you don't want me as they wanted me those days that I remember when it seemed as though some ... one would care for me as long as I would be   it isn't so and I must know exactly when a day like any other found me lost and every semblance of the dreams of my remembrance vanished 'neath a stream not felt before I must ask the world now why do I not matter anymore and why has life become a chore   giraffes are silly things you know the treetops have no leaves to show for winter's come and branches sag with snow old spindly legs are frail now and let's face it what's the point there's really not a place left they can go   I don't kid myself no, I don't laugh   Author Notes

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