Like A Rat
Posted on: March 1, 2006
Is this seat taken?
It is? But there is no one here but you
Don’t be frightened by me
Haven’t you seen blood on a person before?
Are you sure I can’t sit down?
The world is spinning again
I can barely keep myself standing
I think I need to lie in.
Where are you going?
Please, stay. It gets lonely sometimes.
And if you remain with me
Just maybe he wouldn’t come over.
Do you want to play a game?
Of truth and dare?
Don’t be alarmed by the gun in my hand.
The one bullet is not for you.
And if you don’t walk away
It wont be for me either.
4 Responses to "Like A Rat"
October 11, 2009 at 11:34 am
I REALLY like this piece. It makes me think of SO much that goes on in another human being’s mind, SO much that goes on in life.
It makes me feel… Sort of that way… When reading really good poetry such as this.
TheWordFetish 
March 6, 2006 at 10:23 pm
I really like the dramatic monologue; it is a look, not just at the speaker, but at the listener, too. I take it you are espousing Shaw’s eschewal of apostrophes — as punctuation, not as a form of address.