Tactility

You keep your white oak door poised closed an effete
Game of keep away while posing as poor
Yet sustaining a no-contact keyless
Smothered scream toward the great unwashed while
Claiming to be that yourself behind such
Unbandaged barriers that remind me
If I need reminding I am not welcome
My plaints will remain unheard unfelt
And guess what my brain is a bat of alloy
Durably precise steel with intention
Harsh with tactility so watch what
You prefer to ignore the swish of shifting
Is-ness un-gamed real as the post
You hold by the skin of your rotting teeth

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