for some
deadly
awful
bleak
reason
(today)  
I am an ogre.



Squinting
through
splintery eyes

frowning
the
humans away

letting my
teeth
YELLOW

'n' decay


Ah I know
I'm an Ogre

I can't
speak properly
without
sounding
rude

I can't help but feel brutally angry and distracted and blurred by the people trying to speak to me through my hard shell of bitter lemon juice

Ah,
but I know
...my dear
I'M AN OGRE


Don't you DARE talk to me
if you're a happy perfect person
today


    'cos Ah,
but yes,
   today, an Ogre

and always a
   ******