Slurred Emotions

Two-Legged Vehicle

12-27-07

He's not a man,
he's an animal-
a two-legged vehicle-
running on
the high price of prosperity
and fumbling all the while.
An angel half the time,
waiting for something more.
Not a monster but maniacal.
A two-legged vehicle.

He's not a miracle,
savior or such.
Maybe he's barely a man
obscured by commercials
and overt commercialism.
If you tell him no,
he'll say he didn't know.
He runs high
and falls far,
this two-legged vehicle.

Neither rain nor snow;
breach of land nor treason-
not so much keeps him
disinterested.
When his love for life
fails him,
only then
will he be kept down.
If it's not how it was done
back in the day,
it'll never be the same.
Get him to his safe place,
this two-legged
vehicle.