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the mouse that bored

Picture
there once was a child
who thought it would be wild
to stand behind a wall
and pelt people with stones
then duck and hide away
so he could remain unknown

He thought he was the shit
but he just wouldn't admit
that standing behind walls
and ducking away to hide
is no test of balls

easy to show the other side
when all you do is hide
your side is to hide
anyone could do that
any ordinary immature brat
with disposition of a rat
and mind of a gnat

the idea, to feign superiority
by hurling juvy insults
while hiding in his crib
doesn't include you with the adults
just another mental case jerk off
dribblin on his bib

he thinks he's authoritative
yet can never produce
any more than schoolyard pejorative
hardly change engine, more caboose
yes a neurotic narcissistic ass
sadly lacking any class

the whiner who whines about whiners
isn't that a whiner?
And if a whiner whines about whiners
won't he be whining about whining
with whining which will give him
more to whine about?
I don't know, am I whining?

then he does the same things he whines about
another reason to flout this lout
not only a bore but a hypocrite to boot
despite his posing, significance minute
only good reason to sight him is to shoot

to friends who may know who he is
or either suck up his jizz
or frightened by his shadow
seems awfully shallow
to be on his list
and presume to coexist
when you condone by association
this juvenile fixation

perhaps you didn't know
and may wish to reconsider
trifling with this runt of the litter
and would now like to show
that you have no truck
with this obsessed fuck

anyone showing this hide and seek tike
a like
oughtta take a hike
and go pee in the kiddie pool
with this diaper rash tool
but please no delusions that you're cool
you must need strokes from this attention
whore fool

            
                                                                                                                                                                                        this deposit's for you
Written by Scott Schoffstall
© August 01, 2011
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