You have been happening to me
For quite some time now.
And while I admit that I still haven’t
Got my head fully around
All the little details of it,
I have figured out enough already
To know that I am, in fact,
Not to blame for all of my misfortune―
Your own adamant view of the matter
Notwithstanding.
And since we’re talking about it,
I suppose you might as well
Take this as notice that things will
Surely not be continuing on
As they have been so far,
For while you may perceive
A profound need to keep on with the abuse,
I’m pretty sure already that
I’ve had my fill of it.
I must admit that I am not proud
To be sitting out here in the dirt
In the first place―
And perhaps you have been right,
That I might have done better for myself―
But I’m pretty sure that once you’ve stopped
Beating me constantly on the back with
The bottom of that flat-nosed shovel,
Things are gonna start looking up for me
Pretty quick.
