The heat of the moment, a fit of rage
helps decide the level of sanity
ever-balanced between a tongue-lashing
humiliation by actors on stage
ever-aware of hecklers in their midst
and off-kilter minds, full of vanity
tossing and turning, swimming and splashing
or in real life, slashing at waves, drowning
from a lack of control, knife in a fist
trouble always brewing on the surface
hungry to understand this world of dreams
exactly when and where is their crowning
moment, brightly lit in The Sun, replace
ordinary people with he who screams
murder, bloody murder at the police
enters a courtroom calm in demeanor
nobody knows him for acts of kindness
tranquil and reposed, not known to play nice
a whirlwind reaps the madness as it sows
fortune and misfortune, while the gleaner
in her work, picks up clues to the blindness
trauma after trauma causes the man
on trial, awaiting a verdict, the blows
from repetitive beatings in childhood
release him to the State, unfit to serve
as soldier in prison, the frying pan
guarantees the straps stay tight if he should
engage in malice, triggers hit a nerve
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