Take the man from the cage the cage lives within the man rage boils over burns all who come close mind runs like a mudslide washes out logic and sense entombed with suspicion and fear a hostage a prisoner a victim’s tears you’ve squandered the years Bound to your madness two sides of a coin holed up in a fortress of trash poison your mind the children around you observe your collapse an hejira from reason unhinged unspoken words you can’t hear you’ve squandered the years