pretender

Its therapeutic

Letting all the poison out

It clears my mind

Even though I’m saying things

I would never speak out loud

I spit it

I forget it

Makes things more tolerable

But sometimes,

I wish I had the audacity to say it for real

Instead of hiding behind a pen name

I’m a pretender from time to time

But everyone has to be

We can’t just say what we really think

Can we?

I can’t call you an idiot

Though you are

I surely can’t flip off a stranger

Though I’d like to

I have to control my frustrations

But if I were allowed

I’d just slap the crap out of you