I was/They were...

(Warning: there is some disturbing content and the end is dark. It started playful with a thesaurus and some rhymes. It took over and got dark fast. But so does the news. I have often wondered, have I helped create those ' villains'? And what would it  take for me to become one.)

...unimpressed...

In school I dressed for success

Wore my medals on my chest

Endured the test

Tried to be like the rest

They treated me like a pest

The effort left me stressed

Hurt, strung out and depressed

...and they kept on eating

...banal...

Strolling laughing past my job at the mall

They tried to make me feel small

Rolling eyes as I passed in the hall

Always last to get the ball

Its a big joke when I fall

Because I'm not built like a Ken doll

Into my cave of books and games I'd crawl

...and they kept on eating 

...insipid...

There's nowhere I fitted

My soul like my complexion pitted

The snickering rumor I was flaccid

Condemnation unaquitted

A trackless crime once committed

No evidence to be submitted

Words are flames that flicker wicked

...and they kept on eating 

...bland..

Because I play tuba in the band

Against bullies I don't make a stand

None of my clothes are a designer brand

I turn lobster when the rest are tanned

I don't have the snide words at my command

I'm only intimate with my own hand

My grinding teeth sound like sand

...and they kept on eating 

...glib..

Dress like hookerst talking about women's lib

Acting 40 barely out of the crib

Big jock boys smash you in the rib

Talk about scoring it's just a fib

Got a short fuse they call me Squib

Chanting, 'little Squib needs a bib'

Written on my forehead with a sharpie nib

...and they kept on eating 

...vacuous...

If anyone survives it'll be miraculous

If you put out they call you promiscuous

If you don't then you're gender ambiguous

They think poison words are innocuous

Tried to stay anonymous

An angry target is conspicuous

I cut myself because I'm useless

...and they kept on eating 

...aloof...

My life seems like a movie spoof

Photoshop me with my dog call me woof woof

Nice burn but you're not fireproof

Boys beat me down cause I'm a goof

Wolves corner a moose get a face full of hoof

I've got a plan that's foolproof
Got my hunting rifle and some pipe bombs on the roof

...and no one is eating

No one is laughing

Have I got your attention now?