The Edge of Town

-The Edge of Town-
by
Keaton Foster



Alone
Bones
No home
No skin
All meat
Every ounce
Exposed
Raw
Through my soul
Always wanting
To go back home
Not allowed
So I’ve been told
Scolded
How could I dare
We don’t care
Never will it be fair
Stay there
Where you are
Where we placed you
All barriers
Well defined
Every advance
Thwarted
Here and now
I must remain
Chained
The edge of town
Is where
I’m bound
Tied up tight
Lessoning none
The more I fight
The more it hurts
Imagine pain
Now take that
To the enth degree
Closer to me
You might be
But such proximity
Mine as well be an eternity
You could never really know
A simple man
Such potent words
I could never even begin
To properly explain
Such monuments of pain
The edge of town
Is where I was taken
Where I was molested
Raped and tortured
For nothing more
Then being a defenseless orifice
No longer whole
I am something else
Many terrifying pieces
Jammed into one space
All those who love me
All those who hate me
Share little distinction
They warned me
They told me to stay
Like a stray dog
I obeyed
I survived
I did what I must
Here at
The edge of town
Alone
Bones
No home
No skin
All meat
All boy turned victim
All man turned victimizer
These hands are steady
Clarity rings true
I am well aware
I am certain
The time is now
One step
Far past the line
The edge of town
Into the heart of madness
Further still
I will travel
I will explore
All that I
Am not meant to see
Wiser I will be
Ready to set up residence
Establish dominance
Make those who kept me out
Pay for their mistakes
Make this world
A different shape
A different waste
A land of my ideas
And no one else’s
The edge of town
Is about to become
The center of it all
Never again will I be
Kept out…




The Edge of Town
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2013