Villainy

the malfeasance
villain
is to swallow
easy plaudits
such
parochial praise
dutifully held peer
nearest words to those
wished to hear
dear

such a cost in
air expired
villain
bemired captive
plunge naked
taunted
into the wake of
intellectual diaspora

brain drained
long fled
heartland
spoon fed
red topped reali-tv
could be you scratchery
be low
be common
be not
though
denominator

we aren’t listening
villain
we don’t
cant
wont
factor out the X
oh we do so miss
our puppetry
princess
so…
what do you
count for
villain
sweet self
prescribed
ghetto confinement