Up The Down Staircase

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. - Thoreau

where do all the square pegs go in a round world

the ones who dance oddly with their bodies twirled

the fish that swim against the current

the ones who are but aren't

the ones screaming in silence

seemingly off balance

half-mast flags unfurled

the bottom feeders

those who drive on straightaways with their hair and toes curled

Author's Note

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” - Thoreau