Outside the Gates - Exploring Brokenness: Poetry on Pain, Anger, and Human Flaws

Outside the Gates

He puts a label on everything.
You’re this way, you’re that way.
He’s this, she’s that.
This is like this, this is like that.
A petty mind constricting its
Environment, stuffing it into
A box too small. Proscribe the
Outliers, dictate the parameters,
Keep the barbarians outside
The gates. Settle in for a
Comfortable spell in the lazy,
Soft throne of delusion.

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Poetry by Guy Farmer