Poem Six

W8-1ng  4  U  2  und3r-$tnd  m3,
1$  l1k3  w8-1ng  4  th3  $un  2  d13;
$331ng  U  $1tt1ng  th3r3  all  al0n3,
H0w  U  w1$h3d  U  c00d  fly;

1mag1n3  1f  1  w3r3  too  l8  2  $av3  U...
N0th1ng  w00d  hav3  r3ma1n3d  but  tht  pr3tty
G0ld3n  fac3  &  Ur  pr3tty  g0ld3n  nam3;
Tym3  2  s33  th3  0ut$1d3  c1ty;

0ne  0f  th3$3  day$,
Fr1ghtful  l1ttl3  y0u  w1ll
L00k  0ut  Ur  w1nd0w$  2  C
Y3ll0w1ng  $un$3t$,  2 C th3m l3ak & $p1ll;

Ban1$h  m3  1f  U  must;
Y3$t3rday  w1ll  b3  my  la$t  fr33  n1t3;
W1th3r1ng  d0wn  fr0m  lack  0f  hat3,
1mag1n3  1f  1  w3r3  2  g1v3  up  th1$  f1t3;

T0m0rr0w  w8'$  4  n0-1;
H3$1tat3  all  U  w1$h;
M3m0r13$  w0n't  pr3v3nt
Y0ur  fa1lur3  2  k33p  m3  l1k3  a  h00k3d  f1$h;

May  th0s3  wh0  f1nd  0ut  what  U'v3  d0n3,
3xc3rS1c3  3v3ry  aSp3ct  0f  th3  law$;
C00d  U  b3  try1ng  2  b3g  m3  f0r  f0rg1v3n3ss, n0w?
Hand1ng  m3  fl0w3r$  thr00  th3  bar$?

All  d0wn  my  1ntr1cat3  w3b,
N1ck1ng  ju$t  d33p  3nuff  2  s1nk  1nward$;
1mag1n3  my  $urpr1s3  wh3n  U  tear  th3  r0$3$  away,
Cut$  $t1ng  fr0m  th3  alc0h0l-dr3nch3ed  th0rn$;

A1l1ng  and  $cr3am1ng.
L00k1ng  4  an  3$cap3;
W1nd0w$  b0ard3d  &  c0v3r3d;
1n$1d3  my  m1nd  U  d1d  r3$hap3;

N33dl3$  $t1ll  my  f1t1ng;
'G00d  n1t3,'  U  wh1$p3r3d  2  m3,
$0m3t1m3  b3f0r3  dawn;
   That very next morning I was found and set free.