i see the flyer at starbucks

"are you caucasian?
without mental health
and drug problems?"

wow
i don’t know the answer to any of these questions
is a jew a caucasian?
is the occasional naked, ****-slamming drunken rampage
a drug problem?
as for mental health
i’m a deadbeat poet and unpopular pop musician
i’ve got a job fighting death and boredom
and i just changed my facebook password to "eat ****"
my frustrations have driven weaker souls to homicide
but are these PROBLEMS?

"Never explain.
Your friends don't need it,
and your enemies won't believe you anyway"

But still, I explain.
To my friends
because they deserve
to know.

And
to my enemies
so that just in case
the believe me,
they don't go through life
believing
that when they called me
stupid
I agreed.