Tired Of The Rules Of The Game, I Sit... Poem by RIC BASTASA

i like to think that i owe no one a favor,
and so i refuse every opportunity

that i may derive when i give favors too
to another,

it is this way that this world looks upon
an investment

say of emotions, when one scratches your back
you too must give

her itch a scratch from you fingers
i hate this arrangement but this is how this world operates

mind you, i get tired too, having no one scratch my back because i
refuse scratching the back of another

at one time, i sit on the grass of a busy park,
looking and so blank and dumb, feeling that i am not a part of

this world, its rules not getting fit for my wholesome existence
away from independence into a world of flattery

and utilitarianism.