Bmandarinb/ Poem by JAMES T. ADAIR

Mandarin
You don't see your sin
Have no idea the shape you're in
You can't see him
Or feel him
Or let him in
Blindness comes from within
A heart as big as the head of a pin
You can't seem to win
Life keeps kicking you on the shin
You can't take it on the chin
You feel your prospects are dim
Have a big swig of gin
You see a shark circling
But you're the one who invented the fin
Your bark is worse than Rin Tin Tin
It's all looking so grim
You're bound to sink if you don't swim
As your cup of trouble fills to the brim
You blame everyone but you
You cut and bleed and satisfy every whim
and then you blame someone else, or him
When all you need to do is lose yourself
Open up your heart again
if you still have one
and let him in
or go screw yourself
and chop off another limb
terrorize your next of kin
As you cry for help
and flash a grin
Becasue it's all about you
Isn't it?
You're so special
aren't you?
Mandarin