Because He was Starving
2021-January
He cannot look out, but imagines
birds dancing in the sky
He cannot hear but remembers
Bethovan’s 9th
being played in the Opera House
Stares blankly at the empty ceiling
surrounded by bare walls
twenty hours a day
Colder than Antarctica
hotter than Sahara
Impersonal glances
hatred palpable
humanity a trick
almost forgotten
Deprived of freedom
evidently to protect the civilised society
that pushed him to the point of stealing
from the civilised society
which could not feed him for four days
A wise jail mate said to him
his crime was getting caught
everyone out there steals
May be not sausage and cheese