they said
i shouldn’t
have thrown the baby out with the bathwater…
but the baby, i said
was…
…stillborn
they said
the icing on the cake
was scrumptious
but the cake, i said…
was…
…a mud cake
they said
look away
the emperor is naked
but looking away, I said…
is…
…not blindness
i am tired, tired, very tired
…of…
…bathing dead babies
…eating bad cake
and
…neck pains caused by naked emperors
My Side of the Street 