Shove it all down
shove it down
shove it
all
all – is not well
in the OK corral.
transactions are flawed
analysis is weak
subterfuge cowers in corners
colluding behind cardboard walls
in the safety zone
I get my back up
I want to be defiant
I want more than ever
to say NO
just to piss you off!
Give me one good reason to feel
alienated, subjugated
discounted
reduced
to your
pa-
the-
tic
whimper
I want to scream
& jab
& smash
& rip the optic nerves
right out of your filtered
monochrome 1950’s
TV screen
head
stretch them into sinewy strings
that snap\
back/
like rubber bands\
& slap/
you\
in the face/
Look at me
Look at me
Look at you –
weak knee’d
lily livered
coward of a man
hiding behind my emotions
wily wood snake
sizing up rats &
other small
rodents
watching
waiting
manipulating
/
that damn sewer
rat never
had a
chance.
© Copyright 2010 Jodine Derena Butler. All Rights Reserved
Poetry Out West 
Hehe yes I have a LOT to say! Jx
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Thank you Jessica 😎
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Very! Lol. Jx
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Well I read it!!! Wow don’t want to be around for that………..once again the emotion is charged and I hope the release was forthcoming Lol Mx
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Yes. I tend to shove my anger down. I then go about internalising it. I then take it out on myself. I think my rage needs a voice too. Jx
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Letting the rage out is far healthier than trying to hold it in. The feelings expressed here is in all of us.
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Great stuff .. full of energy and rage!!! I suspect this is universal anger finding a voice through you … you speak for many …. so pat the guilt on the head “there, there” and let it go back to sleep. This voice needs expression …. Yeah!
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Yup, you let it all out there, girl! Again I like the format you used to put across the rage.
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Mmmm, now I feel guilty for writing it ‘as if’ I’m disloyal. What a farce. Jx
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Wow, I could feel the rage!
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