Modeled off of "Democracy" by Charles Bukowski

the problem, of course, isn't what you said on December 2nd, 2008,

it's the

reaction I had which makes up the sensitive person's plight.

the next person you raise your voice to,

multiply

his or

her response by

2 or 6 or 80 or 100 million

and you will estimate

approximately

why things hit me so hard

in all

situations.

I wish I had a cure for the softness

you call weakness...

we've undergone any number of familial

efforts

and I remain

fragile enough to cry

at the smallest little confrontation.

Now,

what is the cure

for this paralyzing

gentleness?

well maybe

the problem never was that I didn't let the crust form around me

or fence myself in. the problem is

you.