letting thoughts come

flaneurs & posers

thinking

wondering what you

might make of this

your tired legs

refusing to work

too many people

to pull apart

that cruelty

i refused

to let graft

onto me

the ability

to take in a person

at one glance

that i now

have to

avert my eyes

& refuse to do

if i noticed

you never looked

into any mirror too deep

in case you saw

what was there

might make you

have to do the work

become a better person

than a knee jerk jerk