for Hamzat....

I wrote this FOR MYSELF & since Hamzat and I are in a poetic relationship, he gets dibs on it... before I conclude my previous story....

Piece is titled --

D I S ( P L A C E ) M E N T

Put a man where he doesn't belong
and watch him wither -
away. stay unhappy. digusted
Morally dejected, degraded, rejected
Because he was told
it did not matter
he had a multi-faceted toolbox
Anything was possible
anything is possible
Did he forget? Did they forget to mention -
Failure?

Put a man where he doesn't belong
and he becomes clueless
a frog hopping around in broad d a y l i g h t
searching helplessly, endlessly
not knowing why or what he's searching for
Because there is heavy stolidness,
no reason to pursue
this non-existent happiness

He starts
Hating the very essence of this
class.
job.
position.
relation s h i p
Because the joy and pain of his love, only love
has been - stolen away by censorship
the noun
His ability to love "this", is forbidden
He cannot love this new place...
Because his feelings here, have no place
He does not belong here...

04/04/07