One bright morning I awoke
to find the world gone stupid.
With the scales ripped from my eyes
it was revealed that
my parents were stupid
school was stupid
television was stupid
and that congressmen
made cattle look wise.
With so many dumb moves
being committed by
so many dimwits
with every tick of the clock
a freaking wonder it was
most folks somehow
squeaked through the day
in one living piece.
Just as stupid, I knew, was
my own obsessive hypercriticism.
The vain buffooneries of life
provoked me far too much.
On bad days, I felt like
wind chimes in a hurricane.
